Exam question 1 · Trusting again

Identify the principal means by which trust, once broken, is restored.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal · What happens: identify, mean, break, restore

This is exam question 1 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principal	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	acl:relcl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 trust	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 trust	det
7	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 broken	punct
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 broken	advmod
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 restored	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 restored	aux:pass
13	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 broken	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present	the principal	by which trust	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	break	participle		once property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	restore	present · passive			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Truthful conduct consistently repeated over a period of time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Truthful	truthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repeated	nsubj:pass
3	consistently	consistently	ADV	_	4 repeated	advmod
4	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 period	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 period	det
7	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repeated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 time	case
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle · passive		Truthful conduct		a period of time		consistently property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

A single emphatic assurance of reliability

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 assurance	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 assurance	amod
3	emphatic	emphatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 assurance	amod
4	assurance	assurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 reliability	case
6	reliability	reliability	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assurance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assure		reliability						nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The passage of time without any change of conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 passage	det
2	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 time	case
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passage	nmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 change	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 change	det
7	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passage	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 change	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass		time					without any change of conduct	nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent without=obl
2	change		conduct						nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The presentation of a valuable gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presentation	det
2	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 gift	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gift	det
5	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gift	amod
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presentation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present			a valuable gift					nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient

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