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title: "He embroidered the story a bit — there were two dogs, not twenty."… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics
description: "He embroidered the story a bit — there were two dogs, not twenty." What did he do? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking…

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"He embroidered the story a bit — there were two dogs, not twenty." What did he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** He, two dogs · **What happens:** embroider, be, do · **To what, where:** story

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "He embroidered the story a bit — there were two dogs, not twenty."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t7:1
# text = "He embroidered the story a bit — there were two dogs, not twenty."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** *in a quote* | past | He | the story |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Product |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | past | two dogs |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t7:2
# text = What did he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Forgot to mention the dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t7:o1:1
# text = Forgot to mention the dogs
1	Forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	mention	mention	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the dogs |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dog=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Told the exact truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t7:o2:1
# text = Told the exact truth
1	Told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  | the exact truth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sewed a picture of dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t7:o3:1
# text = Sewed a picture of dogs
1	Sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past |  | a picture of dogs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Added invented details to the story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t7:o4:1
# text = Added invented details to the story
1	Added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle |  | invented details |  |  |  | to the story | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent detail=Patient to story=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **invent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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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