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Test 2 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

Mia says she was at the beach on Saturday, then the cinema, then her gran's. What is a sensible reaction?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia · What happens: say, be · To what, where: beach, sensible reaction · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: Mia says she was at the beach on Saturday, then the cinema, then her gran's.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 beach	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 beach	cop
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 beach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beach	det
7	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Saturday	case
9	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 beach	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cinema	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 cinema	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cinema	det
13	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beach	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gran	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 gran	advmod
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 gran	nmod:poss
17	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beach	conj
18	's	's	PART	_	17 gran	case
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Mia			the beach and the cinema and Mia's gran	saturday		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.

Sentence 2: What is a sensible reaction?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reaction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reaction	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reaction	det
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reaction	amod
5	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reaction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a sensible reaction					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pretend not to notice anything at all and change the subject quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 notice	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 notice	mark
4	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretend	xcomp
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 notice	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 anything	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 change	cc
9	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretend	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 subject	det
11	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	obj
12	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	9 change	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not notice	to-infinitive	you not said here	anything		all			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
3	change	infinitive	you not said here	the subject				quickly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

Decide she lies about everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lies	nsubj
3	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Decide	ccomp
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 everything	case
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie	present	she					about everything	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about everything=Location

Option 3

Tell her friends not to trust her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friends	nmod:poss
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 trust	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 trust	mark
6	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trust	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her friends				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not trust not said to happen	to-infinitive		her = she					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ask kindly what she did, as the changes are worth checking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	obj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 worth	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 worth	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 changes	det
9	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 worth	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 worth	cop
11	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	parataxis
12	checking	check	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 worth	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					kindly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	she						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	is	present	the changes					worth property	tree rules
4	check	gerund	the changes not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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