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title: Kieran wants real respect. What should he try? — Respect: how it is earned · tree and pragmatics
description: Kieran wants real respect. What should he try? Test 11 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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# Test 11 · Respect: how it is earned

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Kieran wants real respect. What should he try?

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/385-respect-how-it-is-earned/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kieran wants real respect.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t11:1
# text = Kieran wants real respect.
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should he try?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t11:2
# text = What should he try?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Making the little ones pay him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t11:o1:1
# text = Making the little ones pay him
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Getting a scarier gang name than anyone else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t11:o2:1
# text = Getting a scarier gang name than anyone else
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	scarier	scarey	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
4	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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Doing something well and being decent to people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t11:o3:1
# text = Doing something well and being decent to people
1	Doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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Starting a bigger fight with somebody tougher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t11:o4:1
# text = Starting a bigger fight with somebody tougher
1	Starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
7	tougher	tough	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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