Test 17 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie

did u hear Ryan told his mum he was at Ben's but went to the lake, fell in, n they had helicopters out all night!!

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, Ryan, they · What happens: hear, tell, be, go, fall in, have out · To what, where: mum, Ben, lake, helicopters · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	iobj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 Ben	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 Ben	cop
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Ben	case
11	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Ben	case
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 lake	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lake	det
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fell	punct
19	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	conj
20	in	in	ADV	_	19 fell	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct
22	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	24 had	cc
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 had	nsubj
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	ccomp
25	helicopters	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 had	obj
26	out	out	ADV	_	24 had	advmod
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 night	det
28	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 had	obl:unmarked
29	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	Ryan		Ryan's mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
3	is	past	Ryan			Ben			tree rules
4	go	past	Ryan not said here			the lake			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial_Location
5	fall in	past	Ryan not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	have out	past	they	helicopters			night	out property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helicopter=Patient

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

Lying is fine if you're back by tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 back	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 back	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 back	cop
7	back	back	ADV	_	3 fine	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 tea	case
9	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 back	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		fine property	tree rules
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you	by tea; back property	tree rules

Option 2

Lakes are safe if you lie well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 lie	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 lie	nsubj
6	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	advcl
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 lie	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lakes					safe property	tree rules
2	lie a condition, not said to happen	present	you					well property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell adults the truth about where you go; the helicopters may be exaggerated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 go	mark
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 go	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 truth	acl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 exaggerated	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 helicopters	det
11	helicopters	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 exaggerated	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 exaggerated	aux:pass
14	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the truth	adults	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient truth=Topic
2	go	present	you			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	exaggerate	may · passive		the helicopters		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Helicopters come for every lie a kid tells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helicopters	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 lie	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 lie	det
5	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tells	nsubj
8	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Helicopters					for every lie	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	present	a kid	every lie not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient

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