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title: Identify the principal reason for which a single falsehood commonly… — Lies that grow: one lie needs three more · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a single falsehood commonly necessitates further falsehoods. Exam question 1 of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 1 · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more

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Identify the principal reason for which a single falsehood commonly necessitates further falsehoods.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, single falsehood · **What happens:** identify, necessitate · **To what, where:** principal reason, further falsehoods

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a single falsehood commonly necessitates further falsehoods.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	necessitates	necessitate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
12	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	falsehoods	falsehood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **necessitate** | present | a single falsehood | further falsehoods |  |  |  | for the principal reason; commonly *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme falsehood=Precondition |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The first falsehood is always forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e1:o1:1
# text = The first falsehood is always forgotten
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · passive |  | the first falsehood |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Listeners request that further falsehoods be told to them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e1:o2:1
# text = Listeners request that further falsehoods be told to them
1	Listeners	listener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	request	request	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	falsehoods	falsehood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present | Listeners |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive · passive |  | further falsehoods | Listeners *= listener* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to they=Recipient |

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

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Subsequent questions require additional invented answers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e1:o3:1
# text = Subsequent questions require additional invented answers
1	Subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Subsequent questions | additional invented answers |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme answer=Precondition |
| 2 | **invent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Falsehoods multiply of their own accord over time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e1:o4:1
# text = Falsehoods multiply of their own accord over time
1	Falsehoods	falsehood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	multiply	multiply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	accord	accord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **multiply** | present | Falsehoods |  |  |  | time | of Falsehoods's own accord | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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