--- title: Jacob, 8, in Leeds: «she lied about the van for YEARS». He's well ma… — Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream… · tree and pragmatics description: Jacob, 8, in Leeds: «she lied about the van for YEARS». He's well mardy. How is he feeling? Test 1 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/t1/) [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/) / [Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/) / t1 # Test 1 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van Jacob, 8, in Leeds: «she lied about the van for YEARS». He's well mardy. How is he feeling? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jacob, Leeds · **What happens:** lie, feel This is test 1 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jacob, 8, in Leeds: «she lied about the van for YEARS». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t1:1 # text = Jacob, 8, in Leeds: «she lied about the van for YEARS». 1 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Leeds Leeds PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lied lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 van van NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 YEARS year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | Jacob | | | | year | about the van | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about van=Location | 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:* He's well mardy. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t1:2 # text = He's well mardy. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 mardy mardy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* How is he feeling? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t1:3 # text = How is he feeling? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present · progressive | Leeds | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Scared and shaking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t1:o1:1 # text = Scared and shaking 1 Scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | gerund | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sleepy and calm now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t1:o2:1 # text = Sleepy and calm now 1 Sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sulky and cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t1:o3:1 # text = Sulky and cross 1 Sulky sulky NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Excited and happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:t1:o4:1 # text = Excited and happy 1 Excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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