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title: Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house i… — Lies that grow: one lie needs three more · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house in it.» What does she mean? Test 2 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more

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Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house in it.» What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** dig, build, mean · **To what, where:** hole, house

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house in it.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t2:1
# text = Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house in it.»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** *in a quote* | past | Mum in Manchester | a hole |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |
| 2 | **build** *in a quote* | past | Mum in Manchester *not said here* | a house |  |  | then | in kid | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t2:2
# text = What does she mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Jake made a small problem huge with more lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t2:o1:1
# text = Jake made a small problem huge with more lies
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Jake | a small problem |  |  |  | with more lies; huge *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jake has to dig the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t2:o2:1
# text = Jake has to dig the garden
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** | to-infinitive | Jake *not said here* | the garden |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent garden=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jake would make a really good builder one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t2:o3:1
# text = Jake would make a really good builder one day
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	builder	builder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | Jake | a good builder |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent builder=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Jake lost his bus pass down a hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t2:o4:1
# text = Jake lost his bus pass down a hole
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | Jake | Jake's bus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass down** | infinitive | Jake *not said here* | a hole |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hole=Trajectory |

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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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