--- title: Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood told by a friend… — Being lied to and how it feels · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood told by a friend concerning a betrayed confidence is commonly experienced as a twofold injury. 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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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood told by a friend concerning a betrayed confidence is commonly experienced as a twofold injury. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 falsehood falsehood NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:agent _ _ 13 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 betrayed betray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 commonly commonly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 experienced experience VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 twofold twofold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | a falsehood *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | a friend *not said here* | a betrayed confidence | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus confidence=Experiencer | | 4 | **betray** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **experience** | present · passive | | a falsehood | | | | for the principal reason; as a twofold injury; commonly *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The injury is experienced on two days ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e1:o1:1 # text = The injury is experienced on two days 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 experienced experience VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **experience** | present · passive | | the injury | | | day | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The confidence is broken and a falsehood is then added ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e1:o2:1 # text = The confidence is broken and a falsehood is then added 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 falsehood falsehood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · passive | | the confidence | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | a falsehood | | | then | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The friend has told two separate confidences on two occasions ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e1:o3:1 # text = The friend has told two separate confidences on two occasions 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 separate separate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 confidences confidence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 iobj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | the friend | two separate confidences | two occasions | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient confidence=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} The friend has two faces ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e1:o4:1 # text = The friend has two faces 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the friend | two faces | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | **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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