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description: Kid: «just keep adding stuff, they'll never check». What usually happens? Test 3 · ★ 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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# Test 3 · ★ · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more

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Kid: «just keep adding stuff, they'll never check». What usually happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kid, they · **What happens:** keep, add, not check, happen · **To what, where:** stuff

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid: «just keep adding stuff, they'll never check».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t3:1
# text = Kid: «just keep adding stuff, they'll never check».
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	adding	add	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | Kid *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **check** *in a quote* | future | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 usually happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t3:2
# text = What usually happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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People get bored and stop asking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t3:o1:1
# text = People get bored and stop asking
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | People |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stop** | present | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Adding lots of details makes a lie turn true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t3:o2:1
# text = Adding lots of details makes a lie turn true
1	Adding	add	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | lots of details |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Adding | a lie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **turn** | infinitive | a lie *not said here* |  |  |  |  | true *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The bigger the story, the more ways to check it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t3:o3:1
# text = The bigger the story, the more ways to check it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  | story |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bigger stories are always believed by grown-ups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t3:o4:1
# text = Bigger stories are always believed by grown-ups
1	Bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · passive | grown ups | Bigger stories |  |  |  | always *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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