--- title: Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs». Why is that… — Little lies at home · tree and pragmatics description: Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs». Why is that wrong advice? Test 7 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 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/336-little-lies-at-home/t7/) [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/) / [Little lies at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/336-little-lies-at-home/) / t7 # Test 7 · Little lies at home Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs». Why is that wrong advice? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, u, nobody, that · **What happens:** say, read, check, be · **To what, where:** Mate, reading logs, wrong advice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t7:1 # text = Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs». 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 11 checks check VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | Mate *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **read** *in a quote* | past | u | Mate | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **check** *in a quote* | present | nobody | reading logs | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme | | 4 | **read** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «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:* Why is that wrong advice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t7:2 # text = Why is that wrong advice? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | wrong advice | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Books know when you skip pages ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t7:o1:1 # text = Books know when you skip pages 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 skip skip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Books | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **skip** | present | you | pages | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Teachers do ask about the book, and the lie gets found ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t7:o2:1 # text = Teachers do ask about the book, and the lie gets found 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · do-support | Teachers | | | | | about the book | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about book=Topic | | 2 | **get** | present | the lie | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **find** | participle | the lie *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Reading logs are checked by computers, so it's the computer's job ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t7:o3:1 # text = Reading logs are checked by computers, so it's the computer's job 1 Reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 computers computer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **check** | present · passive | computers | Reading logs | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | the computer's job | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lying in a log is allowed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t7:o4:1 # text = Lying in a log is allowed 1 Lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 csubj:pass _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | gerund | | | | a log | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in log=Location | | 2 | **allow** | present · passive | Lying | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» | **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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