Test 11 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie

my 3 yr old bro says a dragon ate his sock, is he lying?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old bro, dragon, bro · What happens: say, eat, lie · To what, where: sock · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 195 «Why people lie, and what is not a lie» of the everyday 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bro	nmod:poss
2	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 yr	nummod
3	yr	year	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	4 old	obl:unmarked
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bro	amod
5	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dragon	det
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	nsubj
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sock	nmod:poss
11	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lying	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lying	aux
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lying	nsubj
15	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 says	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my old bro		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat	past	a dragon	dragon's sock	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Patient
3	lie	present · progressive	bro		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 right answer

No, little kids mix up pretending and what happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 mix	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mix	punct
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kids	amod
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mix	nsubj
5	mix	mix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 mix	compound:prt
7	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 mix	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 happened	cc
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 happened	nsubj
10	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mix	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	mix up	present	little kids	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	pretend	gerund	little kids not said here	tree rules
3	happen	past		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, he's a wicked liar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 liar	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 liar	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 liar	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 liar	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 liar	amod
7	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a wicked liar					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, socks can't be eaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 socks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eaten	nsubj:pass
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 eaten	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 eaten	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 eaten	aux:pass
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	can · passive		socks					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Yes, punish him for lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 punish	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 punish	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 lying	mark
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 punish	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	lie	gerund	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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