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title: me and my bro remember the trip totally different, one of us is lyin — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics
description: me and my bro remember the trip totally different, one of us is lyin Test 12 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

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me and my bro remember the trip totally different, one of us is lyin

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** me · **What happens:** remember, be · **To what, where:** trip, one lyin

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 198 «Telling when someone may be lying» 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/198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t12:1
# text = me and my bro remember the trip totally different, one of us is lyin
1	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	lyin	lyin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | infinitive | me | the trip and one lyin |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent trip=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | me *not said here* | one lyin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not necessarily, honest memories differ

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t12:o1:1
# text = Not necessarily, honest memories differ
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | honest memories |  |  |  |  | necessarily *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the younger one lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, the younger one lies
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the younger one |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, one must be lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, one must be lying
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | must · progressive | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the louder one is lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, the louder one is lying
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present · progressive | the louder one |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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