Exam question 1 · Respect: how it is earned

Identify the principal distinction between respect and fear as described.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, describe · To what, where: principal distinction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 385 «Respect: how it is earned» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 distinction	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distinction	amod
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distinction	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fear	cc
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respect	conj
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 described	mark
10	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal distinction				between respect and fear	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme
2	describe	participle	you not said here						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Respect endures in a person's absence, whereas fear secures obedience only in his presence

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 endures	nsubj
2	endures	endure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 absence	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absence	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 person	case
7	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 endures	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 secures	punct
9	whereas	whereas	DET	PronType=Int	10 fear	det
10	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secures	nsubj
11	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 endures	conj
12	obedience	obedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secures	obj
13	only	only	ADV	_	16 presence	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 presence	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 presence	nmod:poss
16	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	endure	present	Respect		a person's absence	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in absence=Location
2	secure	present	whereas fear	obedience	fear's presence	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition obedience=Theme
3	absent		a person			nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Fear is a more durable form of respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 form	det
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 durable	advmod
5	durable	durable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Fear	a durable form				of respect	tree rules

Option 3

Respect and fear are indistinguishable in practice, both securing obedience at all times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indistinguishable	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 fear	cc
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Respect	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 indistinguishable	cop
5	indistinguishable	indistinguishable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 practice	case
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indistinguishable	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 obedience	punct
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 obedience	det
10	securing	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 obedience	amod
11	obedience	obedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indistinguishable	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 times	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 times	det
14	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 obedience	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Respect and fear			practice		indistinguishable property	tree rules
2	secure	gerund							vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Fear is earned by effort and respect by force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earned	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 earned	aux:pass
3	earned	earn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 effort	case
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 respect	cc
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 effort	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 force	case
9	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	present · passive	effort and respect	Fear				by force	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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