Test 10 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

he wont look at me so he's def lying, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: look, lie

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 198 «Telling when someone may be lying» 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 look	nsubj
2	wont	wont	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 look	aux
3	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 me	case
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 look	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 lying	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lying	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lying	aux
9	def	definitely	ADV	_	10 lying	advmod
10	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 look	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	3 look	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	he					at me	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme
2	lie	present · progressive	he					definitely property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, looking away doesn't prove a lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 looking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 prove	advcl
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 looking	advmod
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 prove	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 prove	advmod
7	prove	prove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lie	det
9	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look away	gerund						away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not prove	present · do-support		a lie					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Theme

Option 2

Yes, eye contact is proof of the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 proof	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contact	compound
4	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	compound
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 proof	cop
6	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 truth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		contact proof				of the truth	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, liars always look away when they talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	liars	liar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 look	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 look	advmod
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 look	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 talk	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talk	nsubj
9	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look away	present	liars					always, away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	talk	present	liars = liar						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, and he's scratching his nose too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 scratching	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 scratching	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scratching	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 scratching	aux
6	scratching	scratch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scratching	obj
9	too	too	ADV	_	6 scratching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	present · progressive	he	his nose					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme

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