Test 9 · Respect: how it is earned
Jake to Sam: «tbh I respect u, u never act hard». What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, u, this · What happens: respect, not act, show · To what, where: u
This is test 9 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: Jake to Sam: «tbh I respect u, u never act hard».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Sam | compound |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 Sam | case |
| 3 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 respect | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 respect | punct |
| 6 | tbh | tbh | ADV | _ | 8 respect | advmod |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 respect | nsubj |
| 8 | respect | respect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Sam | acl:relcl |
| 9 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 respect | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 act | punct |
| 11 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 act | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 act | advmod |
| 13 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 respect | advcl |
| 14 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 act | xcomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 act | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | respect in a quote | present | I | u | tbh property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | not act in a quote | present | u | hard property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: What does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Being honest about yourself earns respect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 honest | cop |
| 2 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 earns | csubj |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 yourself | case |
| 4 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 honest | obl |
| 5 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 earns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | about yourself; honest property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | earn | present | respect | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme |
Option 2
Sam should start acting hard like the others do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 start | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 start | aux |
| 3 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | acting | act | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 start | xcomp |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 acting | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 others | det |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 do | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 acting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | should | Sam | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | act | gerund | Sam not said here | hard property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | do | present | the others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Respect only comes from fighting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 comes | advmod |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 fighting | case |
| 5 | fighting | fighting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Respect | fighting | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fighting=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Jake is making fun of Sam for being soft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 making | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 making | aux |
| 3 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 making | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Sam | case |
| 6 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fun | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 soft | case |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 soft | cop |
| 9 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 making | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · progressive | Jake | fun of Sam | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | soft property | tree rules |
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