Test 17 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

did u hear Sam never looks u in the eye, my sister says that proves he's lying about everything

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Sam, sister · What happens: hear, not look, say, lie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 looks	advmod
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	u	u	ADV	_	6 looks	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 eye	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eye	det
10	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sister	nmod:poss
13	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 lying	mark
16	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 lying	aux
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lying	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 lying	aux
19	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 says	ccomp
20	about	about	ADP	_	21 everything	case
21	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	not look	present	Sam	in the eye	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in eye=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	my sister		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	lie	present · progressive	Sam	about everything	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about everything=Location

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; avoiding eye contact proves nothing, shy or nervous people do it too

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 proves	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	avoiding	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 proves	csubj
4	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contact	compound
5	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 avoiding	obj
6	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 proves	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
9	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 people	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 nervous	cc
11	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shy	conj
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 nothing	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	obj
15	too	too	ADV	_	6 proves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	avoid	gerund		eye contact	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent contact=Location
2	prove	present	avoiding	nothing	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
3	do	present	shy people	contact	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

Only liars look at the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 liars	advmod
2	liars	liar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	liars					at the floor	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at floor=Theme

Option 3

Yes, no eye contact always means lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 contact	det
4	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contact	compound
5	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 means	advmod
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	no eye contact					always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	lie	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell everyone Sam's a liar

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	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 liar	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 liar	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 liar	det
6	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp

#	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	is a	present	Sam	a liar					tree rules

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