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title: Determine the most advantageous juncture at which to abandon a false… — Lies that grow: one lie needs three more · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the most advantageous juncture at which to abandon a falsehood. Exam question 4 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more

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Determine the most advantageous juncture at which to abandon a falsehood.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, abandon · **To what, where:** advantageous juncture, falsehood

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e4:1
# text = Determine the most advantageous juncture at which to abandon a falsehood.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	advantageous	advantageous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	juncture	juncture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the advantageous juncture |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juncture=Topic |
| 2 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a falsehood |  | the advantageous juncture |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme falsehood=Source |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Solely upon discovery of the falsehood by another person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e4:o1:1
# text = Solely upon discovery of the falsehood by another person
1	Solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** |  |  | the falsehood by another person |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Upon first perceiving the need for a further falsehood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e4:o2:1
# text = Upon first perceiving the need for a further falsehood
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
3	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | gerund |  | the need |  |  |  | for a further falsehood; first *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer need=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon the telling of a third falsehood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e4:o3:1
# text = Upon the telling of a third falsehood
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	telling	telling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** |  |  | a third falsehood |  |  |  |  | nom telling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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At no juncture whatever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:e4:o4:1
# text = At no juncture whatever
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	juncture	juncture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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