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title: Kid hears Mum on the phone borrowing money for his trip. He feels aw… — Lied to by someone you love · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid hears Mum on the phone borrowing money for his trip. He feels awful. What would Mum most likely say? Test 8 · ★ 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 w
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# Test 8 · ★ · Lied to by someone you love

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Kid hears Mum on the phone borrowing money for his trip. He feels awful. What would Mum most likely say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kid · **What happens:** hear, borrow, trip, feel, mum, say · **To what, where:** Mum, phone, money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid hears Mum on the phone borrowing money for his trip.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t8:1
# text = Kid hears Mum on the phone borrowing money for his trip.
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	borrowing	borrow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | Kid | Mum |  | the phone |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus |
| 2 | **borrow** | gerund |  | money |  |  |  | for Kid's trip | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **trip** |  | Kid |  |  |  |  |  | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* He feels awful.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t8:2
# text = He feels awful.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Kid |  |  |  |  | awful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What would Mum most likely say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t8:3
# text = What would Mum most likely say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	Mum	mum	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mum** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You heard nothing, go to bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t8:o1:1
# text = You heard nothing, go to bed
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | You | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  | bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It's my job to worry, not yours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t8:o2:1
# text = It's my job to worry, not yours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | my job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **worry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You must not go on the trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t8:o3:1
# text = You must not go on the trip
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | must | You |  |  | the trip |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You should pay me back now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:t8:o4:1
# text = You should pay me back now
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | should | You |  | me |  | now |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Asset |

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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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