Test 8 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie

Which reason makes something a lie?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: make · To what, where: something

This is test 8 · ★ 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 makes	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lie	det
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	which reason	something					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

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

Saying a number that is too big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 number	det
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 big	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 big	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 big	advmod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 number	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		a number					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic
2	is	present	a number					big property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wanting someone to believe what you know is false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 false	csubj
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Wanting	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 believe	mark
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wanting	advcl
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 know	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 know	nsubj
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	ccomp
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 false	cop
9	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	gerund		someone		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme
2	believe	to-infinitive				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	know	present	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
4	is	present	Wanting		false property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Saying something in a funny voice so that people laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Saying	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
5	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 something	nmod
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 laugh	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 laugh	nsubj
10	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		something		a funny voice			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent something=Theme in voice=Manner
2	laugh	present	people						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Telling a story at bedtime

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 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 bedtime	case
5	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		a story		bedtime			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

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