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description: Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which trust between friends is established. Exam question 3 of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 3 · The secret that got told

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Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which trust between friends is established.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal · **What happens:** identify, mean, establish · **To what, where:** lesson, trust · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which trust between friends is established.
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	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
14	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the principal |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **establish** | present · passive |  | trust between friends |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Proximity in the classroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:e3:o1:1
# text = Proximity in the classroom
1	Proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Public declarations of friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:e3:o2:1
# text = Public declarations of friendship
1	Public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	declarations	declaration	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** |  |  | friendship |  |  |  |  | nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The giving of costly presents on every possible occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:e3:o3:1
# text = The giving of costly presents on every possible occasion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  |  |  | every possible occasion |  | of costly presents | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The consistent keeping of each other's confidences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:476-the-secret-that-got-told:e3:o4:1
# text = The consistent keeping of each other's confidences
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
2	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	confidences	confidence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of each | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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