--- title: dont wanna go to his party, gotta make up an excuse right — Why people lie, and what is not a lie · tree and pragmatics description: dont wanna go to his party, gotta make up an excuse right Test 13 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t13/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Why people lie, and what is not a lie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie dont wanna go to his party, gotta make up an excuse right **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dont · **What happens:** go, make up · **To what, where:** party, excuse This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t13:1 # text = dont wanna go to his party, gotta make up an excuse right 1 dont dont X FW Foreign=Yes 3 nsubj _ _ 2 wanna wanna X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 gotta gotta PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 right right ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | infinitive | dont | | | his party | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make up** | infinitive | dont *not said here* | a excuse | | | | right *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme excuse=Pivot | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Say you'll come and then don't ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t13:o1:1 # text = Say you'll come and then don't 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | future | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, say your nan died ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, say your nan died 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **die** | past | your nan | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, say you're ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, say you're ill 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, you can just say thanks, but I can't come ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t13:o4:1 # text = No, you can just say thanks, but I can't come 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | you | thanks | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **come** | can | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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