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# Exam question 3 · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

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Given that a confidence entrusted by a friend concerns no danger to any person, determine the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** confidence, you · **What happens:** give, entrust, concern, determine · **To what, where:** confidence, danger, appropriate course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e3:1
# text = Given that a confidence entrusted by a friend concerns no danger to any person, determine the appropriate course of action.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
9	concerns	concern	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **entrust** | participle |  | a confidence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **concern** | present | a confidence | no danger |  |  |  | to any person | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus danger=Experiencer |
| 4 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |

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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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The confidence is not one's own to disclose and should be kept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e3:o1:1
# text = The confidence is not one's own to disclose and should be kept
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the confidence |  |  |  |  | own *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disclose** | to-infinitive | the confidence *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **keep** | should · passive | the confidence *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The confidence may be disclosed to any adult without restriction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e3:o2:1
# text = The confidence may be disclosed to any adult without restriction
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	restriction	restriction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | may · passive |  | the confidence | any adult |  |  | without restriction | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The confidence should be disclosed to the whole class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e3:o3:1
# text = The confidence should be disclosed to the whole class
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | should · passive |  | the confidence | the whole class |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to class=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The confidence should be exchanged for another confidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e3:o4:1
# text = The confidence should be exchanged for another confidence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	exchanged	exchange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** | should · passive |  | the confidence |  |  |  | for another confidence | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for confidence=Co-Theme |

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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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