--- title: Freya says Amy's house, then Amy's gran's, then «the other gran». Wh… — Lies that grow: one lie needs three more · tree and pragmatics description: Freya says Amy's house, then Amy's gran's, then «the other gran». What does the changing story tell Mum? 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What does the changing story tell Mum? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Freya, changing story · **What happens:** say, change, tell · **To what, where:** house, Mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» 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/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Freya says Amy's house, then Amy's gran's, then «the other gran». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t11:1 # text = Freya says Amy's house, then Amy's gran's, then «the other gran». 1 Freya Freya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Amy Amy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 8 Amy Amy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Freya | Amy's house the other gran | | | | 's Amy's gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent house=Topic | 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 does the changing story tell Mum? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t11:2 # text = What does the changing story tell Mum? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | gerund | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the changing story | | Mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient mum=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} That Amy has many grans ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t11:o1:1 # text = That Amy has many grans 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 Amy Amy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 grans gran NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | that Amy | many grans | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} That Freya is probably lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t11:o2:1 # text = That Freya is probably lying 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 Freya Freya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 probably probably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present · progressive | that Freya | | | | | probably *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} That Freya is confused about houses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t11:o3:1 # text = That Freya is confused about houses 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 Freya Freya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that Freya | | | | | about houses; confused *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t11:o4:1 # text = Nothing at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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