Test 9 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

Which is the best clue that a story should be checked?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be, check · To what, where: best clue

This is test 9 · ★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 clue	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 clue	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 clue	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 clue	amod
5	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 checked	nsubj:pass
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 story	det
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 checked	nsubj:pass
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 checked	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 checked	aux:pass
11	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 clue	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 clue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best clue					tree rules
2	check	should · passive		the best clue					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

The person blinks a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blinks	nsubj
3	blinks	blink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blinks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blink	present	the person	a lot					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Option 2

The person looks away from you while they are talking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 looks	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 looks	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 talking	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 talking	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 talking	aux
10	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 looks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look away	present	the person					from you; away property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from you=Theme
2	talk	present · progressive	they						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The person speaks quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speaks	nsubj
3	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 speaks	advmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It keeps changing each time it is told

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changing	obj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 told	aux:pass
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	keep	present	It			tree rules
2	change	gerund			time	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	present · passive	each time not said here	it		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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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