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Test 11 · Respect: how it is earned

Kieran wants real respect. What should he try?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kieran · What happens: want, try · To what, where: real respect

This is test 11 of lesson 385 «Respect: how it is earned» of the everyday 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Kieran wants real respect.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 respect	amod
4	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Kieran	real respect					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot respect=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What should he try?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 try	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 try	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 try	nsubj
4	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	should	Kieran						vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Making the little ones pay him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 pay	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ones	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Making	obj
5	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		the little ones					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product
2	pay	present	Making	him = he					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset

Option 2

Getting a scarier gang name than anyone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 name	det
3	scarier	scarey	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 name	amod
4	gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	compound
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Getting	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Getting	obl
8	else	else	ADV	_	7 anyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		a scarier gang name				than anyone	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Doing something well and being decent to people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Doing	obj
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Doing	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 decent	cc
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 decent	cop
6	decent	decent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Doing	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 decent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund		something				well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
2	is	gerund						to people; decent property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Starting a bigger fight with somebody tougher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fight	det
3	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 fight	amod
4	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Starting	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 somebody	case
6	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Starting	obl
7	tougher	tough	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Starting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	gerund		a bigger fight				with somebody; tough property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality with somebody=Subeventuality

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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