--- title: kid says he met a famous footballer at the shop, believe him? — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics description: kid says he met a famous footballer at the shop, believe him? Test 13 · ★★ 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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying kid says he met a famous footballer at the shop, believe him? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** say, meet, believe · **To what, where:** famous footballer, shop, kid · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t13:1 # text = kid says he met a famous footballer at the shop, believe him? 1 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 footballer footballer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kid | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **meet** | past | kid | a famous footballer | | the shop | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footballer=Co-Agent | | 3 | **believe** | infinitive | | kid | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Wait for good evidence before believing it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t13:o1:1 # text = Wait for good evidence before believing it 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for good evidence | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **believe** | gerund | you *not said here* | evidence | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, call him a liar in front of everyone so he learns ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t13:o2:1 # text = No, call him a liar in front of everyone so he learns 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 liar liar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 nmod _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | front of everyone | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **learn** | present | he | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, he wouldn't say it otherwise ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, he wouldn't say it otherwise 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | would | he | it | | | | otherwise *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, if he says trust me ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, if he says trust me 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **trust** | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | **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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