--- title: Lies that grow: one lie needs three more — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/) [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/) / Lies that grow: one lie needs three more # Lies that grow: one lie needs three more The 15 questions of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t1/) — Mate in Boston: «that's wicked awesome». What does «wicked» mean there? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t2/) — Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house in it.» What does she mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t3/) — Kid: «just keep adding stuff, they'll never check». What usually happens? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t4/) — Theo: «it was a cinema for sick people, coach». Why does this make things worse? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t5/) — Callum's dad was chuffed about the hat-trick. How did he feel? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t6/) — What would have happened if Hamza had said «I got a 4» at the start? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t7/) — Ava's new: she wants friends fast. What's better than a made-up horse? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t8/) — Lucy: «and Elsa gave me her REAL crown». Her friend says «yeah nah» and changes the subject. Why is that worse than a fight? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t9/) — Emily: «I'll bring the dentist note tomorrow, promise». What's the wise thing at this point? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t10/) — Teacher's sign on the wall: «If you're in a hole, stop digging.» What does it mean for lies? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t11/) — Freya says Amy's house, then Amy's gran's, then «the other gran». What does the changing story tell Mum? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which a single falsehood commonly necessitates further falsehoods. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an account which alters upon each successive enquiry? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/e3/) — It is given that a pupil reported a mark of nine in place of an actual mark of four. Select the response consistent with the established facts. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/e4/) — Determine the most advantageous juncture at which to abandon a falsehood. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [429. The forged signature and how it always ends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends/) - next →: [431. When the story falls apart](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/431-when-the-story-falls-apart/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)