--- title: Alfie lends his PE kit and sits out. Is he lying? — Covering for a friend · tree and pragmatics description: Alfie lends his PE kit and sits out. Is he lying? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/t8/) [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/) / [Covering for a friend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Covering for a friend Alfie lends his PE kit and sits out. Is he lying? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alfie · **What happens:** lend, sit out, lie · **To what, where:** PE kit This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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/436-covering-for-a-friend/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Alfie lends his PE kit and sits out. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t8:1 # text = Alfie lends his PE kit and sits out. 1 Alfie Alfie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lends lend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 PE pe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 kit kit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | present | Alfie | Alfie's PE kit | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kit=Theme | | 2 | **sit out** | present | Alfie *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Is he lying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t8:2 # text = Is he lying? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present · progressive | Alfie | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, covering for anyone is always lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t8:o1:1 # text = Yes, covering for anyone is always lying 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 covering cover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | gerund | | | | | | for anyone | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | present · progressive | covering | | | | | always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, he's helping at his own cost ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t8:o2:1 # text = No, he's helping at his own cost 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cost cost NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present · progressive | he | | | his own cost | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cost** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom cost «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it's a big lie to the teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t8:o3:1 # text = Yes, it's a big lie to the teacher 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a big lie | | | | to the teacher | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, because PE doesn't really matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t8:o4:1 # text = No, because PE doesn't really matter 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 PE pe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 matter matter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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