Test 10 · Being lied to and how it feels
In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in one second. What's more true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lie, be · To what, where: kid
This is test 10 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» 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: In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in one second.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 kid | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cartoon | appos |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lied | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lied | aux:pass |
| 9 | lied | lie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 kid | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 shrugs | case |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 shrugs | advmod |
| 12 | shrugs | shrug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lied | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 fine | cc |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fine | cop |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lied | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 second | case |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 second | nummod |
| 18 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lied | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · passive | the kid | second | to shrugs | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | fine property | 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's more true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Lies never hurt real people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 hurt | advmod |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | past | Lies | real people | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient |
Option 2
Only grown-ups get hurt by lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ups | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hurt | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hurt | aux:pass |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 lies | case |
| 8 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hurt | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | hurt | present · passive | lies | grown ups | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Cartoon kids are always right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kids | compound |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 right | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 right | advmod |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cartoon kids | always, right property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Being lied to can hurt for a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 lied | aux:pass |
| 2 | lied | lie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 hurt | csubj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 2 lied | obl |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 while | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 while | det |
| 8 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund · passive | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V» | ||||||
| 2 | hurt | can | while | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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