--- title: Determine the most appropriate response to a report that a third par… — Being lied to and how it feels · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the most appropriate response to a report that a third party has made a hurtful remark about oneself. Exam question 4 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/e4/) [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/) / [Being lied to and how it feels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Being lied to and how it feels Determine the most appropriate response to a report that a third party has made a hurtful remark about oneself. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, report · **What happens:** determine, make · **To what, where:** appropriate response, third party This is exam question 4 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e4:1 # text = Determine the most appropriate response to a report that a third party has made a hurtful remark about oneself. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 hurtful hurtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 remark remark NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 oneself oneself PRON PRP PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response | | | | to a report | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present · perfect · passive | a report *not said here* | a third party | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary remark=Product | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} To repeat the report to others ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e4:o1:1 # text = To repeat the report to others 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 repeat repeat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | to-infinitive | | the report | others | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent report=Topic to other=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} To retaliate against the third party ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e4:o2:1 # text = To retaliate against the third party 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 retaliate retaliate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retaliate** | to-infinitive | | | | | | against the third party | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against party=Maleficiary | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To verify the report directly with the third party ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e4:o3:1 # text = To verify the report directly with the third party 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 verify verify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 directly directly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **verify** | to-infinitive | | the report | | | | with the third party; directly *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot report=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} To accept the report without inquiry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e4:o4:1 # text = To accept the report without inquiry 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 accept accept VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 inquiry inquiry NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | to-infinitive | | the report | | | | without inquiry | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Theme | **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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