--- title: Mia says she was at the beach on Saturday, then the cinema, then her… — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics description: Mia says she was at the beach on Saturday, then the cinema, then her gran's. What is a sensible reaction? 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What is a sensible reaction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** beach, sensible reaction · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia says she was at the beach on Saturday, then the cinema, then her gran's. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t2:1 # text = Mia says she was at the beach on Saturday, then the cinema, then her gran's. 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cinema cinema NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Mia | | | the beach and the cinema and Mia's gran | saturday | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is a sensible reaction? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t2:2 # text = What is a sensible reaction? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reaction reaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a sensible reaction | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Pretend not to notice anything at all and change the subject quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t2:o1:1 # text = Pretend not to notice anything at all and change the subject quickly 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **notice** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | anything | | all | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 3 | **change** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the subject | | | | quickly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Decide she lies about everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t2:o2:1 # text = Decide she lies about everything 1 Decide decide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | present | she | | | | | about everything | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about everything=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell her friends not to trust her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t2:o3:1 # text = Tell her friends not to trust her 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 iobj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her friends | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **trust** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ask kindly what she did, as the changes are worth checking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t2:o4:1 # text = Ask kindly what she did, as the changes are worth checking 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 12 checking check VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | kindly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | present | the changes | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **check** | gerund | the changes *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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