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# Exam question 2 · Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together

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Identify the commandment which, according to Exodus 20:16, protects the trust subsisting between neighbours.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Exodus, trust · **What happens:** identify, accord, protect, subsist · **To what, where:** commandment

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e2:1
# text = Identify the commandment which, according to Exodus 20:16, protects the trust subsisting between neighbours.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	20:16	20:16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
11	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	subsisting	subsist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* | the commandment |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **protect** | present | Exodus | the commandment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **subsist** | gerund | the trust *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between neighbours | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Honour your father and your mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e2:o1:1
# text = Honour your father and your mother
1	Honour	honour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | imperative | you *not said here* | your father and your mother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You shall not covet your neighbour's house, nor anything that is your neighbour's

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e2:o2:1
# text = You shall not covet your neighbour's house, nor anything that is your neighbour's
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	covet	covet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	11	cc	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	parataxis	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **covet** | shall | You | your neighbour's house |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | 's your neighbour | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e2:o3:1
# text = Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy
1	Remember	remember	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | holy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e2:o4:1
# text = You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	witness	witness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bear** | shall | You | false witness |  |  |  | against your neighbour | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=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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