--- title: Zoe: «why don't you believe me, I'm telling the TRUTH!» Dad: «I can'… — Trusting again · tree and pragmatics description: Zoe: «why don't you believe me, I'm telling the TRUTH!» Dad: «I can't yet.» What's going on? Test 5 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/455-trusting-again/t5/) [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/) / [Trusting again](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/455-trusting-again/) / t5 # Test 5 · Trusting again Zoe: «why don't you believe me, I'm telling the TRUTH!» Dad: «I can't yet.» What's going on? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** not believe, tell, go on · **To what, where:** me, TRUTH · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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/455-trusting-again/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Zoe: «why don't you believe me, I'm telling the TRUTH!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t5:1 # text = Zoe: «why don't you believe me, I'm telling the TRUTH!» 1 Zoe Zoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 TRUTH TRUTH PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | the TRUTH | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | 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:* Dad: «I can't yet.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t5:2 # text = Dad: «I can't yet.» 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What's going on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t5:3 # text = What's going on? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Dad is just in a bad mood ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t5:o1:1 # text = Dad is just in a bad mood 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dad | | | a bad mood | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Earlier small lies used up his trust ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t5:o2:1 # text = Earlier small lies used up his trust 1 Earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use up** | participle | small lies *not said here* | his trust | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **trust** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Zoe is still lying now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t5:o3:1 # text = Zoe is still lying now 1 Zoe Zoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present · progressive | Zoe | | | | still; now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dad never believes anyone about anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t5:o4:1 # text = Dad never believes anyone about anything 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | present | Dad | anyone | | | | about anything | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | **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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