Exam question 3 · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted
It is given that a child's trust has been damaged by a lie. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lie, child, you · What happens: give, damage, trust, select, establish · To what, where: It, trust, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that a child's trust has been damaged by a lie.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 damaged | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trust | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 child | case |
| 8 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 damaged | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 damaged | aux |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 damaged | aux:pass |
| 11 | damaged | damage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 lie | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 lie | det |
| 14 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 damaged | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | damage | present · perfect · passive | a lie | a child's trust | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | trust | a child | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
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: Select the response consistent with the established facts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Repeated truthfulness allows trust to grow back slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 truthfulness | amod |
| 2 | truthfulness | truthfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allows | nsubj |
| 3 | allows | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allows | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 grow | mark |
| 6 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 allows | advcl |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 grow | advmod |
| 8 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 6 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | participle | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | allow | present | Repeated truthfulness | trust | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | grow back | to-infinitive | Repeated truthfulness not said here | slowly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Trust cannot be regained in any case
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 regained | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 regained | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 regained | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 regained | aux:pass |
| 5 | regained | regain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 case | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 case | det |
| 8 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 regained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not regain | can · passive | Trust | any case | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Trust returns after a fixed time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 returns | nsubj |
| 2 | returns | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 5 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 time | amod |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 returns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | present | Trust | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fix | participle | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
A single sincere apology restores trust at once, completely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 apology | det |
| 2 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 apology | amod |
| 3 | sincere | sincere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 apology | amod |
| 4 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 restores | nsubj |
| 5 | restores | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 restores | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 restores | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 completely | punct |
| 10 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 5 restores | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restore | present | a single sincere apology | trust | completely property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent trust=Theme |
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