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title: Why might people stop believing someone who often raises false alarms? — Lies that do real harm · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might people stop believing someone who often raises false alarms? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

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Why might people stop believing someone who often raises false alarms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** stop, believe, raise · **To what, where:** someone, false alarms

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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/197-harmful-lies/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t3:1
# text = Why might people stop believing someone who often raises false alarms?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | might | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **believe** | gerund | people *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |
| 3 | **raise** | present |  | false alarms |  |  |  | often *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Because false alarms are always much too quiet for people to notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t3:o1:1
# text = Because false alarms are always much too quiet for people to notice
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | false alarms |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **notice** | to-infinitive | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because they cannot hear him properly from far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t3:o2:1
# text = Because they cannot hear him properly from far away
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | they | him *= he* |  |  |  | far, properly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They learn that his alarms are usually not real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t3:o3:1
# text = They learn that his alarms are usually not real
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | his alarms |  |  |  |  | real, usually *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **alarm** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because people do not like loud children who shout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t3:o4:1
# text = Because people do not like loud children who shout
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | people | loud children |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | loud children |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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