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title: Father at confession: «Is there anyone you need to make it right wit… — Little lies at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Father at confession: «Is there anyone you need to make it right with?» Owen lied to his mum about biscuits. What is the truthful answer? Test 6 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 6 · Little lies at home

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Father at confession: «Is there anyone you need to make it right with?» Owen lied to his mum about biscuits. What is the truthful answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Father confession, you, Owen, truthful answer · **What happens:** be, need, make, lie · **To what, where:** anyone, confession

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This is test 6 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» 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/336-little-lies-at-home/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Father at confession: «Is there anyone you need to make it right with?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t6:1
# text = Father at confession: «Is there anyone you need to make it right with?»
1	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Father confession | anyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **make** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | confession |  |  |  | right *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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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:* Owen lied to his mum about biscuits.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t6:2
# text = Owen lied to his mum about biscuits.
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | Owen |  |  |  |  | to Owen's mum; about biscuits | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about biscuit=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the truthful answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t6:3
# text = What is the truthful answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truthful answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody, because it was only two biscuits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t6:o1:1
# text = Nobody, because it was only two biscuits
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | two biscuits |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the biscuit tin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t6:o2:1
# text = Only the biscuit tin
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Yes, Mum, and he has said sorry to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, Mum, and he has said sorry to her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | present · perfect | he | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, confession sorts out everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t6:o4:1
# text = No, confession sorts out everything
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sorts	sort	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort out** | present | confession | everything |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

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