--- title: A boy owns up to a lie at bedtime, before Mum asks. What usually fol… — Little lies at home · tree and pragmatics description: A boy owns up to a lie at bedtime, before Mum asks. What usually follows? Test 9 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 wrong. --- [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/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/) / [Little lies at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/336-little-lies-at-home/) / t9 # Test 9 · Little lies at home A boy owns up to a lie at bedtime, before Mum asks. What usually follows? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, Mum · **What happens:** own up, ask, follow · **To what, where:** bedtime This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy owns up to a lie at bedtime, before Mum asks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t9:1 # text = A boy owns up to a lie at bedtime, before Mum asks. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 owns own VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 bedtime bedtime NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own up** | present | a boy | | | bedtime | | to a lie | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Mum | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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:* What usually follows? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t9:2 # text = What usually follows? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 usually usually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | | | | | | usually *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing changes at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t9:o1:1 # text = Nothing changes at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The trouble is smaller and trust comes back faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t9:o2:1 # text = The trouble is smaller and trust comes back faster 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the trouble | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | present | trust | | | | | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He gets a much bigger punishment ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t9:o3:1 # text = He gets a much bigger punishment 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | He | a bigger punishment | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer punishment=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Mum stops believing anything he says ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:t9:o4:1 # text = Mum stops believing anything he says 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 believing believe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Mum | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **believe** | gerund | Mum *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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