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title: Leah's dad says Mr Patel trusted him with the till a year after he n… — Trust that breaks and takes long to mend · tree and pragmatics
description: Leah's dad says Mr Patel trusted him with the till a year after he nicked sweets. Why did it take a year? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 82 «Trust that breaks and takes long to mend» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 11 · ★ · Trust that breaks and takes long to mend

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Leah's dad says Mr Patel trusted him with the till a year after he nicked sweets. Why did it take a year?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, Mr · **What happens:** say, trust, nick, take · **To what, where:** dad, sweets, till · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 82 «Trust that breaks and takes long to mend» 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/82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leah's dad says Mr Patel trusted him with the till a year after he nicked sweets.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t11:1
# text = Leah's dad says Mr Patel trusted him with the till a year after he nicked sweets.
1	Leah	Leah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Patel	Patel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	trusted	trust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
17	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leah's dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **trust** | past | Mr |  | dad |  | year | with the till | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with till=Theme |
| 3 | **nick** | past | Mr | sweets |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |

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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:* Why did it take a year?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t11:2
# text = Why did it take a year?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support |  | till |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Because the law says you must wait exactly one year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t11:o1:1
# text = Because the law says you must wait exactly one year
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the law |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** | must | you |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Trust grows back through many kept promises, not one speech

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t11:o2:1
# text = Trust grows back through many kept promises, not one speech
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | present | Trust |  |  | many kept promises and one speech |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through promise=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because the till was broken until the next year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t11:o3:1
# text = Because the till was broken until the next year
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · passive |  | the till |  |  | year |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because Mr Patel forgot about the sweets after a year and so the problem went away by itself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t11:o4:1
# text = Because Mr Patel forgot about the sweets after a year and so the problem went away by itself
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Patel	Patel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | Mr |  |  |  | year | about the sweets | tree rules |
| 2 | **go away** | past | the problem |  |  |  |  | by problem; away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |

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