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title: A classmate says «trust me» all the time but often does not do what… — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate says «trust me» all the time but often does not do what he says. What does this tell you? Test 7 · ★★ 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 choi
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

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A classmate says «trust me» all the time but often does not do what he says. What does this tell you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classmate, this · **What happens:** say, trust, not do, tell · **To what, where:** classmate, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A classmate says «trust me» all the time but often does not do what he says.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t7:1
# text = A classmate says «trust me» all the time but often does not do what he says.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **trust** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a classmate *= classmate* |  |  | time |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **do** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does this tell you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t7:2
# text = What does this tell you?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | this |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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You should trust him even more, just to be fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t7:o1:1
# text = You should trust him even more, just to be fair
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | should | You | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must be trustworthy, since he says so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t7:o2:1
# text = He must be trustworthy, since he says so
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	trustworthy	trustworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | He |  |  |  |  | trustworthy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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His actions matter more than his words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t7:o3:1
# text = His actions matter more than his words
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | His actions |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **act** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **word** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Saying «trust me» makes promises count double

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t7:o4:1
# text = Saying «trust me» makes promises count double
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **trust** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present | Saying | promises |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **count** | infinitive | promises *not said here* | double |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent double=Theme |

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