Exam question 1 · Being lied to and how it feels

Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood told by a friend concerning a betrayed confidence is commonly experienced as a twofold injury.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, friend · What happens: identify, tell, concern, betray, experience · To what, where: principal reason, falsehood, betrayed confidence · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 experienced	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 falsehood	det
8	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 experienced	nsubj:pass
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 falsehood	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 friend	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obl:agent
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 friend	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 confidence	det
15	betrayed	betray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 confidence	amod
16	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 experienced	aux:pass
18	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	19 experienced	advmod
19	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
20	as	as	ADP	_	23 injury	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 injury	det
22	twofold	twofold	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 injury	compound
23	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 experienced	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	participle		a falsehood not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	concern	gerund	a friend not said here	a betrayed confidence		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus confidence=Experiencer
4	betray	participle				tree rules
5	experience	present · passive		a falsehood	for the principal reason; as a twofold injury; commonly property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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 injury is experienced on two days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 injury	det
2	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experienced	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 experienced	aux:pass
4	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 experienced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present · passive		the injury			day		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The confidence is broken and a falsehood is then added

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confidence	det
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 added	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 falsehood	det
7	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 added	aux:pass
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 added	advmod
10	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 broken	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the confidence					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	add speech: assert	present · passive		a falsehood			then		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The friend has told two separate confidences on two occasions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 confidences	nummod
6	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 confidences	amod
7	confidences	confidence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	iobj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 occasions	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 occasions	nummod
10	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · perfect · passive		the friend	two separate confidences	two occasions			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient confidence=Topic

Option 4

The friend has two faces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 faces	nummod
5	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the friend	two faces					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient

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