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title: Grandad in Yorkshire says, "A man's word were his bond." What is "bo… — Why honesty matters: trust holds every… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad in Yorkshire says, "A man's word were his bond." What is "bond" here? Test 3 of lesson 81 «Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 3 · Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together

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Grandad in Yorkshire says, "A man's word were his bond." What is "bond" here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, word, man · **What happens:** say, be, word · **To what, where:** bond · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 81 «Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad in Yorkshire says, "A man's word were his bond."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t3:1
# text = Grandad in Yorkshire says, "A man's word were his bond."
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bond	bond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad in Yorkshire |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | a man's word | Grandad's bond |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **word** *in a quote* |  | a man |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is "bond" here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t3:2
# text = What is "bond" here?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bond	bond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | bond |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A rope or a chain used to tie up the animals on a farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t3:o1:1
# text = A rope or a chain used to tie up the animals on a farm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle · passive |  | a rope or a chain |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **tie up** | to-infinitive |  | the animals |  |  |  | on a farm | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent animal=Patient on farm=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A promise you can rely on, like a signed agreement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t3:o2:1
# text = A promise you can rely on, like a signed agreement
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	rely	rely	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely on** | can | you | a promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A secret that you must never, ever tell anyone else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t3:o3:1
# text = A secret that you must never, ever tell anyone else
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | must | you | that |  |  | ever |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient anyone=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A kind of money or savings that only grandparents use at the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together:t3:o4:1
# text = A kind of money or savings that only grandparents use at the bank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | grandparents | a kind of money or savings |  | the bank |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

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