Test 16 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

how can u tell someone might be lying to trick you

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, someone · What happens: tell, lie, trick · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 tell	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 lying	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 tell	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 trick	mark
10	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 lying	xcomp
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 trick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	can	u		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie	might · progressive	someone		tree rules
3	trick	to-infinitive	someone not said here	you	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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

They speak quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 speak	nsubj
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	They					quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They wear smart clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clothes	amod
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	They	smart clothes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source

Option 3

They are always very polite and smile a lot when they talk to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 polite	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 polite	advmod
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 polite	advmod
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 smile	cc
7	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 polite	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smile	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 talk	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 talk	nsubj
12	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 smile	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			always, polite property	tree rules
2	smile	infinitive	They not said here	a lot			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic
3	talk	present	they		you		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They rush you or offer something too good to be true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rush	nsubj
2	rush	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 rush	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 offer	cc
5	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rush	conj
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 offer	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 good	advmod
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
9	to	to	PART	_	11 true	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 true	cop
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 good	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rush	present	They	you		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Agent
2	offer	infinitive	They not said here	something		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive	They not said here		true property	tree rules

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