Test 5 · Taking without paying: the consequences

What would happen if lots of people shoplifted from a small shop?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lots · What happens: happen, shoplift · To what, where: small shop

This is test 5 of lesson 15 «Taking without paying: the consequences» of the money course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 shoplifted	mark
5	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shoplifted	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lots	nmod
8	shoplifted	shoplift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 happen	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 shop	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shop	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shop	amod
12	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shoplifted	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shoplift a condition, not said to happen	participle	lots of people			a small shop			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from shop=Source

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

The government would pay for all the losses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 government	det
2	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pay	aux
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 losses	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 losses	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 losses	det
8	losses	loss	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	would	the government					for all losses	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for loss=Theme

Option 2

Nothing, shops have endless money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 shops	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 money	amod
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Nothing shops	endless money					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It could raise prices or even close, hurting everyone nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 raise	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 raise	aux
3	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raise	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 close	cc
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 close	advmod
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 raise	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hurting	punct
9	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 raise	advcl
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 hurting	obj
11	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	10 everyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	could	It	prices					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme
2	hurt	gerund		everyone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Patient

Option 4

It would get richer and lower its prices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	richer	rich	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 get	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lower	cc
6	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 richer	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 prices	nmod:poss
8	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	It	its prices				rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer price=Stimulus

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