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title: What would happen if broken trust could never be mended at all? — Trust that breaks and takes long to mend · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if broken trust could never be mended at all? Test 8 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Trust that breaks and takes long to mend

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What would happen if broken trust could never be mended at all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, break, not mend · **To what, where:** broken trust, all

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t8:1
# text = What would happen if broken trust could never be mended at all?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	mended	mend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **mend** *a condition, not said to happen* | could · passive |  | broken trust |  | all |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Nobody who made a mistake could ever be relied on again, even after changing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t8:o1:1
# text = Nobody who made a mistake could ever be relied on again, even after changing
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	relied	rely	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | a mistake |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product |
| 2 | **rely on** | could · passive |  | Nobody |  |  | ever; again |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everybody would be much more honest and careful, and nothing would ever go wrong between friends again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t8:o2:1
# text = Everybody would be much more honest and careful, and nothing would ever go wrong between friends again
1	Everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	advmod	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	between	between	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Everybody |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Everybody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | would | nothing |  |  |  | ever; again | between friends; wrong *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between friend=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing would change, because trust doesn't matter much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t8:o3:1
# text = Nothing would change, because trust doesn't matter much
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | trust |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Friendships would last longer because people would be careful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend:t8:o4:1
# text = Friendships would last longer because people would be careful
1	Friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | would | Friendships |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would | people |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

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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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