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# Exam question 3 · Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together

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Select the response consistent with the teaching recorded in Matthew 5:37.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, record · **To what, where:** response, teaching

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the teaching recorded in Matthew 5:37.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	5:37	5:37	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  | the teaching *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Affirmations are binding solely when uttered within a place of worship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e3:o1:1
# text = Affirmations are binding solely when uttered within a place of worship
1	Affirmations	affirmation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | present · progressive | Affirmations |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | Affirmations *not said here* |  |  |  |  | within a place of worship; solely *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An affirmation is credible only when accompanied by a solemn oath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e3:o2:1
# text = An affirmation is credible only when accompanied by a solemn oath
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	affirmation	affirmation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	credible	credible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a affirmation |  |  |  |  | credible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accompany** | participle | a affirmation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a solemn oath | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by oath=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Oaths are to be employed whenever the speaker anticipates disbelief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e3:o3:1
# text = Oaths are to be employed whenever the speaker anticipates disbelief
1	Oaths	oath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	anticipates	anticipate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	disbelief	disbelief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | Oaths |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **anticipate** | present | the speaker | disbelief |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disbelief=Theme |

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

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The plain affirmation or denial of an honest person ought to suffice without the addition of oaths

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:e3:o4:1
# text = The plain affirmation or denial of an honest person ought to suffice without the addition of oaths
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	affirmation	affirmation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	denial	denial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	suffice	suffice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	oaths	oath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffice** | ought | the plain affirmation or denial of a honest person |  |  |  |  | without the addition of oaths | tree rules |
| 2 | **deny** |  |  | a honest person |  |  |  |  | nom denial «communication 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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