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title: In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in on… — Being lied to and how it feels · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in one second. What's more true? Test 10 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · Being lied to and how it feels

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In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in one second. What's more true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lie, be · **To what, where:** kid

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in one second.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t10:1
# text = In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in one second.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	lied	lie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	shrugs	shrug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present · passive |  | the kid |  |  | second | to shrugs | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's more true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t10:2
# text = What's more true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lies never hurt real people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t10:o1:1
# text = Lies never hurt real people
1	Lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | past | Lies | real people |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only grown-ups get hurt by lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t10:o2:1
# text = Only grown-ups get hurt by lies
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | present · passive | lies | grown ups |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Cartoon kids are always right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t10:o3:1
# text = Cartoon kids are always right
1	Cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cartoon kids |  |  |  |  | always, right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Being lied to can hurt for a while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:t10:o4:1
# text = Being lied to can hurt for a while
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	lied	lie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	csubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» |
| 2 | **hurt** | can |  |  |  |  | while |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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