--- title: Ava's new: she wants friends fast. What's better than a made-up horse? — Lies that grow: one lie needs three more · tree and pragmatics description: Ava's new: she wants friends fast. What's better than a made-up horse? Test 7 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Lies that grow: one lie needs three more](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more Ava's new: she wants friends fast. What's better than a made-up horse? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ava · **What happens:** be, want, make up · **To what, where:** friends This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ava's new: she wants friends fast. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t7:1 # text = Ava's new: she wants friends fast. 1 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 3 cop _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | | Ava | | | | | new *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | Ava | friends | | | | fast *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme | 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's better than a made-up horse? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t7:2 # text = What's better than a made-up horse? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | than a made horse; good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A made-up famous uncle who plays football ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t7:o1:1 # text = A made-up famous uncle who plays football 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **play** | present | a made famous uncle | football | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A made-up pony instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t7:o2:1 # text = A made-up pony instead 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Real things about her, even small ones ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t7:o3:1 # text = Real things about her, even small ones 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Saying nothing at all forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more:t7:o4:1 # text = Saying nothing at all forever 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod _ _ 5 forever forever ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | nothing | | all | | forever *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | **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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