--- title: Mate: «I never told no-one ur secret, swear down». Three people hear… — Being lied to and how it feels · tree and pragmatics description: Mate: «I never told no-one ur secret, swear down». Three people heard it from her. What's the most likely truth? 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What's the most likely truth? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Three people, likely truth · **What happens:** not tell, swear down, hear, be · **To what, where:** one secret, secret · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate: «I never told no-one ur secret, swear down». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t1:1 # text = Mate: «I never told no-one ur secret, swear down». 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | ur's one secret | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **swear down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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:* Three people heard it from her. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t1:2 # text = Three people heard it from her. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Three people | secret | | | | from her *= she* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from she=Source | *Sentence 3:* What's the most likely truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t1:3 # text = What's the most likely truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the likely truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Secrets spread by magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t1:o1:1 # text = Secrets spread by magic 1 Secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | Secrets | | | | | by magic | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by magic=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She told it and is lying now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t1:o2:1 # text = She told it and is lying now 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She | | it | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 2 | **lie** | present · progressive | She *not said here* | | | | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Three people guessed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t1:o3:1 # text = Three people guessed it 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | past | Three people | it | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Mia told it herself, without thinking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t1:o4:1 # text = Mia told it herself, without thinking 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Mia | | it | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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