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title: Your grandad remembers your birthday picnic happening in the rain; y… — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics
description: Your grandad remembers your birthday picnic happening in the rain; you remember sun. What is the best explanation? Test 6 · ★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

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Your grandad remembers your birthday picnic happening in the rain; you remember sun. What is the best explanation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, birthday picnic, you, best explanation · **What happens:** remember, happen, be · **To what, where:** birthday picnic, rain

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t6:1
# text = Your grandad remembers your birthday picnic happening in the rain; you remember sun. What is the best explanation?
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remembers	remember	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	parataxis	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Your grandad | your birthday picnic |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent picnic=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | gerund | your birthday picnic *not said here* |  |  | the rain |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in rain=Location |
| 3 | **remember** | present | you |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best explanation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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You are telling a lie to win the argument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t6:o1:1
# text = You are telling a lie to win the argument
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | You | a lie |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | the argument |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grandad is telling a lie to tease you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t6:o2:1
# text = Grandad is telling a lie to tease you
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tease	tease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | Grandad | a lie |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tease** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a lie *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Memory fills gaps by guessing, so honest people can disagree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t6:o3:1
# text = Memory fills gaps by guessing, so honest people can disagree
1	Memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	guessing	guess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | present | Memory | gaps |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gap=Patient |
| 2 | **guess** | gerund | Memory *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **disagree** | can | honest people |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only one person can ever have a true memory of it, so one must be lying

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t6:o4:1
# text = Only one person can ever have a true memory of it, so one must be lying
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nsubj	_	_
15	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | one person | a true memory of memory |  |  | ever |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Patient |
| 2 | **lie** | must · progressive | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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