--- title: «u washed ur hands?» «yeah» (he didn't). Why is this lie worse than… — Excuses and the lies that grow · tree and pragmatics description: «u washed ur hands?» «yeah» (he didn't). Why is this lie worse than it sounds? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/t10/) [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/) / [Excuses and the lies that grow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Excuses and the lies that grow «u washed ur hands?» «yeah» (he didn't). Why is this lie worse than it sounds? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, he, lie · **What happens:** wash, not do, be, sound · **To what, where:** hands This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «u washed ur hands?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t10:1 # text = «u washed ur hands?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** *in a quote* | past | u | ur's hands | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | 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:* «yeah» (he didn't). ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t10:2 # text = «yeah» (he didn't). 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Why is this lie worse than it sounds? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t10:3 # text = Why is this lie worse than it sounds? 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 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | this lie *obl:unmarked*; bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sound** | present | lie | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Hands don't carry germs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t10:o1:1 # text = Hands don't carry germs 1 Hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **carry** | present · do-support | Hands | germs | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Germs can spread and make the family ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t10:o2:1 # text = Germs can spread and make the family ill 1 Germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | can | Germs | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | Germs *not said here* | the family | | | | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset family=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only grown-ups catch tummy bugs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t10:o3:1 # text = Only grown-ups catch tummy bugs 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 tummy tummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bugs bug NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | present | grown ups | tummy bugs | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bug=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Soap is expensive ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:t10:o4:1 # text = Soap is expensive 1 Soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Soap | | | | | expensive *property* | tree rules | **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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