Test 9 · ★ · Excuses and the lies that grow

Which is TRUE about a lie that has worked three times?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lie · What happens: be, work

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 lie	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lie	det
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 worked	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worked	aux
9	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 lie	acl:relcl
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 worked	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about a lie; true property	tree rules
2	work	present · perfect	a lie				time		vn employment-95.3 «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 · ✓ the right answer

The next time it may be found out, and all three come out together

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 time	det
2	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 time	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl:unmarked
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 found	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 found	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 found	aux:pass
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 found	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 come	cc
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 three	det
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 come	nsubj
13	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 found	conj
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	together	together	ADV	_	13 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	may · passive		it			time		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	come out	present	all three					out, together property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It only matters if you get caught the first time

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	3 matters	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 matters	advmod
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 caught	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 caught	nsubj:pass
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 caught	aux:pass
7	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 matters	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	catch a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		you			time		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is now completely safe, because three times shows that nobody ever checks

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	5 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 safe	advmod
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 safe	advmod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shows	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 shows	mark
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 shows	nsubj
10	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	conj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 checks	mark
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 checks	nsubj
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 checks	advmod
14	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shows	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	now	completely, safe property	tree rules
2	show	present	three times			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	check	present	nobody	ever		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It has become true

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	3 become	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	It					true property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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