--- title: Which of these is NOT a lie? — Why people lie, and what is not a lie · tree and pragmatics description: Which of these is NOT a lie? Test 3 · ★ 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie Which of these is NOT a lie? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not be · **To what, where:** lie This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t3:1 # text = Which of these is NOT a lie? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | | a lie | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Telling a teacher you were ill when you were not ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t3:o1:1 # text = Telling a teacher you were ill when you were not 1 Telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | a teacher | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | you | a teacher *not said here* | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **be** | past | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A comedian telling a silly made-up story on stage ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t3:o2:1 # text = A comedian telling a silly made-up story on stage 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 comedian comedian NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | a comedian *not said here* | a silly made story | | stage | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 2 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Saying Dad allowed something when he did not ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t3:o3:1 # text = Saying Dad allowed something when he did not 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj _ _ 2 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **allow** | past | Dad | something | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Beneficiary | | 3 | **not** **do** | past | Dad | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Saying you fed the dog when you did not ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:195-why-people-lie:t3:o4:1 # text = Saying you fed the dog when you did not 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **feed** | past | you | | the dog | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **do** | past | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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