--- title: how can u tell someone might be lying to trick you — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics description: how can u tell someone might be lying to trick you Test 16 · ★★ 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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying how can u tell someone might be lying to trick you **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, someone · **What happens:** tell, lie, trick · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t16:1 # text = how can u tell someone might be lying to trick you 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 6 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | u | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | might · progressive | someone | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **trick** | to-infinitive | someone *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 speak quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t16:o1:1 # text = They speak quietly 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 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | They | | | | | quietly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They wear smart clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t16:o2:1 # text = They wear smart clothes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | They | smart clothes | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are always very polite and smile a lot when they talk to you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t16:o3:1 # text = They are always very polite and smile a lot when they talk to you 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 smile smile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | always, polite *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **smile** | infinitive | They *not said here* | a lot | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic | | 3 | **talk** | present | they | | you | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They rush you or offer something too good to be true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t16:o4:1 # text = They rush you or offer something too good to be true 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 _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | 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** | infinitive | They *not said here* | something | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | **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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