--- title: Which is the best clue that a story should be checked? — Telling when someone may be lying · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the best clue that a story should be checked? Test 9 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying Which is the best clue that a story should be checked? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, check · **To what, where:** best clue This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t9:1 # text = Which is the best clue that a story should be checked? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 clue clue NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best clue | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **check** | should · passive | | the best clue | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} The person blinks a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t9:o1:1 # text = The person blinks a lot 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 blinks blink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blink** | present | the person | a lot | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The person looks away from you while they are talking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t9:o2:1 # text = The person looks away from you while they are talking 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look away** | present | the person | | | | | from you; away *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from you=Theme | | 2 | **talk** | present · progressive | they | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The person speaks quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t9:o3:1 # text = The person speaks quietly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the person | | | | | quietly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It keeps changing each time it is told ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying:t9:o4:1 # text = It keeps changing each time it is told 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **change** | gerund | | | | | time | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | each time *not said here* | it | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | **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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