--- title: Ibrahim's mum asks "why lie?". Which is true? — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics description: Ibrahim's mum asks "why lie?". Which is true? Test 8 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Praise and criticism: giving and takin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/) / t8 # Test 8 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback Ibrahim's mum asks "why lie?". Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** ask, lie, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ibrahim's mum asks "why lie?". ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t8:1 # text = Ibrahim's mum asks "why lie?". 1 Ibrahim Ibrahim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Ibrahim's mum | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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. *Sentence 2:* Which is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t8:2 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Honest people are never kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t8:o1:1 # text = Honest people are never kind 1 Honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | Honest people | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} You can be kind and honest at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t8:o2:1 # text = You can be kind and honest at once 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | can | You | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | You *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lies are fine if your sister smiles ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t8:o3:1 # text = Lies are fine if your sister smiles 1 Lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 smiles smile VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Lies | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **smile** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | your sister | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Kind people always tell small lies ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:t8:o4:1 # text = Kind people always tell small lies 1 Kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Kind people | small lies | | | | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=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. - ← previous: [Praise and criticism: giving and takin…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/t7/) - next →: [Praise and criticism: giving and takin…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/t9/) - ↑ back to [Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/)