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title: Jake to Sam: «tbh I respect u, u never act hard». What does this show? — Respect: how it is earned · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake to Sam: «tbh I respect u, u never act hard». What does this show? Test 9 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 right.
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# Test 9 · Respect: how it is earned

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Jake to Sam: «tbh I respect u, u never act hard». What does this show?

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/385-respect-how-it-is-earned/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake to Sam: «tbh I respect u, u never act hard».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t9:1
# text = Jake to Sam: «tbh I respect u, u never act hard».
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	respect	respect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	act	act	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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 does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t9:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	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 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Being honest about yourself earns respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t9:o1:1
# text = Being honest about yourself earns respect
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	csubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
5	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Sam should start acting hard like the others do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t9:o2:1
# text = Sam should start acting hard like the others do
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	acting	act	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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Respect only comes from fighting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t9:o3:1
# text = Respect only comes from fighting
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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Jake is making fun of Sam for being soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:385-respect-how-it-is-earned:t9:o4:1
# text = Jake is making fun of Sam for being soft
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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