--- title: Identify the features commonly displayed by a person who lies in ord… — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the features commonly displayed by a person who lies in order to trick you. Exam question 2 of lesson 198 «Telling when someone may be lying» 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/198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying/e2/) [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/) / [Telling when someone may be lying](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Telling when someone may be lying Identify the features commonly displayed by a person who lies in order to trick you. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, display, lie, trick · **To what, where:** features, order, you This is exam question 2 of lesson 198 «Telling when someone may be lying» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:e2:1 # text = Identify the features commonly displayed by a person who lies in order to trick you. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 features feature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 commonly commonly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 displayed display VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the features | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent feature=Theme | | 2 | **display** | participle | | the features *not said here* | | | | by a person; commonly *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lie** | present | a person | | | order | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location | | 4 | **trick** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | you | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | 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} They offer nothing and make no requests at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:e2:o1:1 # text = They offer nothing and make no requests at all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 requests request NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | present | They | nothing | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | They *not said here* | no requests | | all | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset request=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They speak slowly and give you time to think ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:e2:o2:1 # text = They speak slowly and give you time to think 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | They | | | | | slowly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | you | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They rush you, offer too much, or ask for secrecy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:e2:o3:1 # text = They rush you, offer too much, or ask for secrecy 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rush rush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 secrecy secrecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | present | They | you | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Agent | | 2 | **offer** | present | They *not said here* | much | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | for secrecy | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They encourage you to ask your parents first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:e2:o4:1 # text = They encourage you to ask your parents first 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 encourage encourage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **encourage** | present | They | you | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | your parents | | | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | **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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