Exam question 2 · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

Identify the principal characteristic of trust, as established in the lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish · To what, where: principal characteristic, lesson

This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» of the reflection 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	4 characteristic	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characteristic	amod
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 trust	case
6	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristic	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 established	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 established	mark
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 lesson	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lesson	det
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 established	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal characteristic of trust					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme
2	establish	participle				the lesson			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

It cannot be diminished by the disclosure of confidences

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	5 diminished	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 diminished	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 diminished	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 diminished	aux:pass
5	diminished	diminish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 disclosure	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 disclosure	det
8	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 diminished	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 confidences	case
10	confidences	confidence	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 disclosure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not diminish	can · passive	the disclosure of confidences	It					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient
2	disclose			confidences					nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is restored immediately upon any expression of regret

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	3 restored	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 expression	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 expression	det
7	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 regret	case
9	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present · passive		It				upon any expression of regret; immediately property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is lost rapidly and restored only gradually

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 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	3 lost	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 restored	cc
6	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	conj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 gradually	advmod
8	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	6 restored	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		It				rapidly property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	restore	past						gradually property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is unaffected by the conduct of the parties

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 unaffected	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unaffected	cop
3	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 conduct	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 conduct	det
6	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unaffected	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 parties	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parties	det
9	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					by the conduct of the parties; unaffected property	tree rules
2	conduct			the parties					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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