--- title: spilt juice on the sofa, gonna say it was my sister — Lies that do real harm · tree and pragmatics description: spilt juice on the sofa, gonna say it was my sister Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/197-harmful-lies/t9/) [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/) / [Lies that do real harm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/197-harmful-lies/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Lies that do real harm spilt juice on the sofa, gonna say it was my sister **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sofa · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** sister · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t9:1 # text = spilt juice on the sofa, gonna say it was my sister 1 spilt spilt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | sofa | my sister | | | | | 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} Fine if you say it quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t9:o1:1 # text = Fine if you say it quietly 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | it | | | | quietly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fine if she doesn't find out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t9:o2:1 # text = Fine if she doesn't find out 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find out** | present · do-support | she | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fine, she spills stuff all the time anyway, so they'll believe it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t9:o3:1 # text = Fine, she spills stuff all the time anyway, so they'll believe it 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spills spill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spill** | present | she | stuff | | | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stuff=Theme | | 2 | **believe** | future | they | stuff | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, blaming her hurts her twice; own up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:197-harmful-lies:t9:o4:1 # text = No, blaming her hurts her twice; own up 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 blaming blame VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 obl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** | present | blaming | | | | | twice *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **own up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | **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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