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# Exam question 4 · Lied to by someone you love

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Determine which of the following is most commonly reported by children informed of a pet's death with honesty and affection.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, children, pet · **What happens:** determine, follow, report, inform, die · **To what, where:** children

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 453 «Lied to by someone you love» 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/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e4:1
# text = Determine which of the following is most commonly reported by children informed of a pet's death with honesty and affection.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **report** | present · passive | children |  |  |  |  | commonly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle |  | children *not said here* |  |  |  | of a pet's death with honesty and affection | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent of death=Topic |
| 5 | **die** |  | a pet |  |  |  |  | with honesty and affection | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That they request a replacement immediately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e4:o1:1
# text = That they request a replacement immediately
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	request	request	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	replacement	replacement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present | That | a replacement |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent replacement=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That they suffer more than through deception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e4:o2:1
# text = That they suffer more than through deception
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suffer	suffer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | present | That | more |  | deception |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That they are able to bear the sad truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e4:o3:1
# text = That they are able to bear the sad truth
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | the sad truth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That they do not notice the death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e4:o4:1
# text = That they do not notice the death
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | present · do-support | That | the death |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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