--- title: online guy selling a console for 20 quid, pay now or it's gone — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics description: online guy selling a console for 20 quid, pay now or it's gone Test 14 · ★★ 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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying online guy selling a console for 20 quid, pay now or it's gone **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** online guy, guy · **What happens:** sell, pay, be · **To what, where:** console This is test 14 · ★★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t14:1 # text = online guy selling a console for 20 quid, pay now or it's gone 1 online online ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 selling sell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 quid quid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | gerund | online guy *not said here* | a console | | | | for 20 quid | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent console=Theme for quid=Asset | | 2 | **pay** | infinitive | online guy | | | | now | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | guy | | | | | gone *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Don't pay, rushing and too-cheap means it's likely a scam ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t14:o1:1 # text = Don't pay, rushing and too-cheap means it's likely a scam 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nsubj _ _ 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 likely likely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 scam scam NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pay** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rush** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | present | cheap | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | it | a scam | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pay fast before it's gone, deals like that never come back twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t14:o2:1 # text = Pay fast before it's gone, deals like that never come back twice 1 Pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 deals deal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 like like SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **deal** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **come back** | infinitive | that | | | | | twice *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Send your card details ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t14:o3:1 # text = Send your card details 1 Send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 details detail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | your card details | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Theme | | 2 | **detail** | | your | | | | | | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Pay half first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t14:o4:1 # text = Pay half first 1 Pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 1 obj _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | half | | | | first *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Asset | **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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