Exam question 1 · Trust that breaks and takes long to mend

Identify the principal distinction between forgiveness and trust, as set forth in this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, set · To what, where: principal distinction, lesson

This is exam question 1 of lesson 82 «Trust that breaks and takes long to mend» of the religion ethics 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 distinction	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distinction	amod
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 forgiveness	case
6	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distinction	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 trust	cc
8	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgiveness	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 set	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 set	mark
11	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
12	forth	forth	ADV	_	11 set	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 lesson	case
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 lesson	det
15	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 set	obl
16	.	.	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 distinction				between forgiveness and trust	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme
2	set	participle				this lesson		forth property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in lesson=Destination

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

Trust must invariably precede forgiveness and is granted unconditionally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precede	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 precede	aux
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 precede	advmod
4	precede	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precede	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 granted	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 granted	aux:pass
8	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 precede	conj
9	unconditionally	unconditionally	ADV	_	8 granted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	must	Trust	forgiveness				invariably property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forgiveness=Co-Theme
2	grant	present · passive	Trust not said here					unconditionally property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Forgiveness is the relinquishing of resentment; trust is the renewed reliance upon a person, re-established gradually

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resentment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 resentment	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 resentment	det
4	relinquishing	relinquish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 resentment	compound
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 relinquishing	obl
6	resentment	resentment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 reliance	punct
8	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reliance	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reliance	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reliance	det
11	renewed	renew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 reliance	amod
12	reliance	reliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resentment	appos
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reliance	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 re-established	punct
17	re-established	re-establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 resentment	conj
18	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	17 re-established	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	relinquish	gerund				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Forgiveness	the relinquishing resentment		tree rules
3	renew	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	is a	present	trust	the renewed reliance	upon a person	tree rules
5	re-establish	participle	Forgiveness not said here		gradually property	tree rules

Option 3

Forgiveness is obligatory solely in respect of trivial offences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obligatory	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obligatory	cop
3	obligatory	obligatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 obligatory	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obligatory	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 offences	case
8	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 offences	amod
9	offences	offence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Forgiveness			respect of trivial offences		obligatory, solely property	tree rules
2	respect			trivial offences					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Forgiveness and trust are synonymous and arise simultaneously in every instance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 synonymous	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 trust	cc
3	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forgiveness	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 synonymous	cop
5	synonymous	synonymous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 arise	cc
7	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 synonymous	conj
8	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	7 arise	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 instance	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 instance	det
11	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Forgiveness and trust					synonymous property	tree rules
2	arise	present	Forgiveness and trust not said here			every instance		simultaneously property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in instance=Location

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