Exam question 3 · Lied to by someone you love

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between affection for a person and trust in that person's promises?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: person · What happens: follow, characteris, promise · To what, where: relationship, promises

This is exam question 3 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 affection	case
12	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 trust	cc
17	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 person	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	22 promises	case
19	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 person	det
20	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 promises	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 person	case
22	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship	that person's promises	of the following statements; between affection; for a person and trust; accurately property	tree rules
3	promise		that person				nom promise «communication transitive»: 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.

The options

Option 1

Affection invariably requires complete trust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 requires	advmod
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trust	amod
5	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Affection	complete trust				invariably property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme trust=Precondition

Option 2

Distrust invariably destroys affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Distrust	distrust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 destroys	advmod
3	destroys	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Distrust	ccomp
4	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 destroys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distrust	imperative	you not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	destroy	present	you not said here	affection				invariably property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Patient

Option 3

Neither affection nor trust can be felt for relatives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 affection	det
2	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	nsubj:pass
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 trust	cc
4	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affection	conj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 felt	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 felt	aux:pass
7	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 relatives	case
9	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can · passive		neither affection nor trust				for relatives	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location for relative=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Affection may coexist with a justified distrust of the person's promises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coexist	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 coexist	aux
3	coexist	coexist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 distrust	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 distrust	det
6	justified	justified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 distrust	amod
7	distrust	distrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coexist	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 promises	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 promises	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 person	case
12	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 distrust	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	coexist	may	Affection		with a justified distrust of the person's promises	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	distrust			the person's promises		nom distrust «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	promise		the person			nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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