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# Exam question 1 · Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the relationship between honesty and trust?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relationship

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 81 «Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the relationship between honesty and trust?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the relationship |  |  |  | between honesty and trust; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Trust is conferred automatically upon all persons irrespective of their conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e1:o1:1
# text = Trust is conferred automatically upon all persons irrespective of their conduct
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	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 | **confer** | present · passive |  | Trust |  |  |  | upon all persons of persons's conduct; automatically *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | persons *= person* |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Trust is unaffected by falsehood provided that the falsehood is not discovered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e1:o2:1
# text = Trust is unaffected by falsehood provided that the falsehood is not discovered
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Trust |  |  |  |  | unaffected *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | past | falsehood |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **discover** | present · passive |  | the falsehood |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Trust is constituted by an accumulation of truthful statements and may be forfeited by a single grave falsehood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e1:o3:1
# text = Trust is constituted by an accumulation of truthful statements and may be forfeited by a single grave falsehood
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	constituted	constitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	accumulation	accumulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	forfeited	forfeit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present · passive | a accumulation of truthful statements | Trust |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot |
| 2 | **forfeit** | may · passive | a single grave falsehood |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accumulate** |  |  | truthful statements |  |  |  |  | nom accumulation «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Trust may be restored instantaneously by a single expression of apology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e1:o4:1
# text = Trust may be restored instantaneously by a single expression of apology
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	instantaneously	instantaneously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | may · passive | a single expression of apology | Trust |  |  |  | instantaneously *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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