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title: broke the lamp, mums gonna kill me lol, should i just hide it — Why people lie, and what is not a lie · tree and pragmatics
description: broke the lamp, mums gonna kill me lol, should i just hide it Test 10 · ★ of lesson 195 «Why people lie, and what is not a lie» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie

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broke the lamp, mums gonna kill me lol, should i just hide it

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mums, i · **What happens:** break, kill, hide · **To what, where:** lamp, me

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 195 «Why people lie, and what is not a lie» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/195-why-people-lie/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t10:1
# text = broke the lamp, mums gonna kill me lol, should i just hide it
1	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past |  | the lamp |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamp=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | infinitive | mums | me |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | should | i | lamp |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hide it, she may never notice it's gone from the shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t10:o1:1
# text = Hide it, she may never notice it's gone from the shelf
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **notice** | may | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **go** | present · passive | it |  |  | the shelf |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from shelf=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Glue it and say nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t10:o2:1
# text = Glue it and say nothing
1	Glue	glue	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Blame the dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t10:o3:1
# text = Blame the dog
1	Blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Own up early, it makes the trouble smaller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t10:o4:1
# text = Own up early, it makes the trouble smaller
1	Own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **make** | present | it | the trouble |  |  |  | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material trouble=Product |

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