Test 18 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie

apparently Mia says she's met a famous footballer like 5 times, she's such a liar, tell everyone

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia · What happens: say, meet, be, tell · To what, where: famous footballer, liar, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
2	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 met	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 met	aux
6	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 footballer	det
8	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 footballer	amod
9	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 met	obj
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 times	case
11	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 times	nummod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 met	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 liar	punct
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 liar	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 liar	cop
16	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	18 liar	det:predet
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 liar	det
18	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
20	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	20 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia				apparently property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	meet	present · passive	Mia	a famous footballer		time		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footballer=Co-Agent
3	is a	present	Mia	such liar				tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			everyone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

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

Tell everyone so she stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 stops	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	stop	present	she						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

It must be true, nobody would invent something like that about a footballer

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	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 invent	punct
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 invent	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 invent	aux
8	invent	invent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	parataxis
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 invent	obj
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 something	nmod
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 footballer	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 footballer	det
14	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 invent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					true property	tree rules
2	invent	would	nobody	something				like that; about a footballer	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Make up a bigger story to beat hers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Make	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 beat	mark
7	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	advcl
8	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	imperative	you not said here	a bigger story					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot
2	beat	to-infinitive	you not said here	hers = she					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Don't spread it; people make up stories to be liked, and gossip hurts

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	nsubj
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 make	compound:prt
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 liked	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 liked	aux:pass
12	liked	like	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 make	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hurts	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hurts	cc
15	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hurts	nsubj
16	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	make up	present	people	stories	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot
3	like	to-infinitive · passive	people not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»
4	hurt	present	gossip		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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