Test 3 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie

Which of these is NOT a lie?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not be · To what, where: lie

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lie	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 these	case
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	1 Which	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lie	cop
5	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 lie	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lie	det
7	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 lie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present		a lie					tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Telling a teacher you were ill when you were not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 ill	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	cop
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 teacher	acl:relcl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 were	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 were	nsubj
9	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Telling	ccomp
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 were	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			a teacher		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic
2	is	past	you	a teacher not said here		ill property	tree rules
3	not be	past	you				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A comedian telling a silly made-up story on stage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 comedian	det
2	comedian	comedian	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 comedian	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 story	det
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 story	amod
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 story	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 made	compound:prt
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 telling	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 stage	case
11	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 story	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund	a comedian not said here	a silly made story		stage			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
2	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Saying Dad allowed something when he did not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 did	csubj
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 allowed	nsubj
3	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 allowed	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 did	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 did	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	allow	past	Dad	something	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Beneficiary
3	not do	past	Dad		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Saying you fed the dog when you did not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 did	csubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 fed	nsubj
3	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fed	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 did	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 did	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feed	past	you	the dog	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient
3	not do	past	you		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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