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title: Identify the principal means by which trust, once broken, is restored. — Trusting again · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal means by which trust, once broken, is restored. Exam question 1 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Trusting again

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/455-trusting-again/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal means by which trust, once broken, is restored.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
10	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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)» |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Truthful conduct consistently repeated over a period of time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:e1:o1:1
# text = Truthful conduct consistently repeated over a period of time
1	Truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	consistently	consistently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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A single emphatic assurance of reliability

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:e1:o2:1
# text = A single emphatic assurance of reliability
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	emphatic	emphatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	assurance	assurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reliability	reliability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The passage of time without any change of conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:e1:o3:1
# text = The passage of time without any change of conduct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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The presentation of a valuable gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:e1:o4:1
# text = The presentation of a valuable gift
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presentation	presentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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