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These LPR scores were compared with human normative ratings (valence, social desirability, and observability) and with Big Five structure derived from three independent lexical taxonomies.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Language\u2010based LPR scores correlated strongly with human valence (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.926) and social desirability (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.931), but weakly with observability (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.235). Across three independent lexical taxonomies, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness exhibited larger evaluative gaps than Extraversion, which showed the smallest gap.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Linguistic evaluation is not a uniform halo but is functionally calibrated to traits relevant to social cooperation and moral obligation. 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