--- title: A man on TV says a pill makes you taller in a week and swears it rea… — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics description: A man on TV says a pill makes you taller in a week and swears it really works. What should you think? 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What should you think? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man, pill, you · **What happens:** say, make, swear, work, think · **To what, where:** you, pill · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A man on TV says a pill makes you taller in a week and swears it really works. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t3:1 # text = A man on TV says a pill makes you taller in a week and swears it really works. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pill pill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 swears swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a man on TV | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | a pill | you | | | | tall *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 3 | **swear** | present | a pill *not said here* | pill | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | present | a pill *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 should you think? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t3:2 # text = What should you think? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | should | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It works for some people, so it must be fine for everybody to take ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t3:o1:1 # text = It works for some people, so it must be fine for everybody to take 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 expl _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 csubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | It | | | | | for some people | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for people=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is** | must | | | | | | for everybody; fine *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} If he swears, it must be true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t3:o2:1 # text = If he swears, it must be true 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swears swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | must | it | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} An amazing claim needs good evidence, not swearing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t3:o3:1 # text = An amazing claim needs good evidence, not swearing 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 swearing swear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | a amazing claim | good evidence | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot evidence=Theme | | 2 | **not** **swear** | gerund | a amazing claim *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} TV adverts are always checked to be true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t3:o4:1 # text = TV adverts are always checked to be true 1 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 adverts advert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | present · passive | | TV adverts | | | | always *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | 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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