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description: Identify the principal distinction between respect and fear as described. Exam question 1 of lesson 385 «Respect: how it is earned» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Respect: how it is earned

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Identify the principal distinction between respect and fear as described.

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/385-respect-how-it-is-earned/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal distinction between respect and fear as described.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:e1:o1:1
# text = Respect endures in a person's absence, whereas fear secures obedience only in his presence
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	endures	endure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	whereas	whereas	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	secures	secure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 {#o2}

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Fear is a more durable form of respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:e1:o2:1
# text = Fear is a more durable form of respect
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	durable	durable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:e1:o3:1
# text = Respect and fear are indistinguishable in practice, both securing obedience at all times
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	indistinguishable	indistinguishable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	securing	secure	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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Fear is earned by effort and respect by force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:e1:o4:1
# text = Fear is earned by effort and respect by force
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	earned	earn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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