--- title: Mum, smiling tightly: «It's nothing, love.» Doors keep closing, whis… — Lied to by someone you love · tree and pragmatics description: Mum, smiling tightly: «It's nothing, love.» Doors keep closing, whispers. What can you say? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 453 «Lied to by someone you love» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/t1/) [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/) / [Lied to by someone you love](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Lied to by someone you love Mum, smiling tightly: «It's nothing, love.» Doors keep closing, whispers. What can you say? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, It, Doors, you · **What happens:** smile, be, keep, close, whisper, say · **To what, where:** nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 453 «Lied to by someone you love» 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/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum, smiling tightly: «It's nothing, love.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:1 # text = Mum, smiling tightly: «It's nothing, love.» 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | gerund | Mum | | | | | tightly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | nothing | | | | | tree rules | 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:* Doors keep closing, whispers. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:2 # text = Doors keep closing, whispers. 1 Doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 closing close VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 whispers whisper VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Doors | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **close** | gerund | Doors *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Doors *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What can you say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:3 # text = What can you say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It's nothing, so I'll forget it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:o1:1 # text = It's nothing, so I'll forget it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | future | I | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Okay, I'll just ignore it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:o2:1 # text = Okay, I'll just ignore it 1 Okay okay INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 ignore ignore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | future | I | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} I'll find out by listening at doors when you're talking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:o3:1 # text = I'll find out by listening at doors when you're talking 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | future | I | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **listen** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | at doors | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme | | 3 | **talk** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} I know something's going on. Please tell me *Sentence 1:* I know something's going on. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:o4:1 # text = I know something's going on. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 ccomp _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go on** | present · progressive | something | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 2:* Please tell me ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t1:o4:2 # text = Please tell me 1 Please please INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | **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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