Exam question 3 · Sarcasm and tone of voice

In respect of the Scottish expression "Aye, right", select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, respect, Scottish expression

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» of the language 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 expression	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
5	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 expression	amod
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct
8	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	10 right	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Aye	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	6 expression	discourse
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
13	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 response	det
15	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 response	amod
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 facts	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 facts	det
19	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 facts	amod
20	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 consistent	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of the Scottish expression	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	respect			the Scottish expression		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It ordinarily signifies disbelief notwithstanding its two affirmative words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 signifies	nsubj
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	3 signifies	advmod
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	disbelief	disbelief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj
5	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 disbelief	acl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 words	nmod:poss
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 words	nummod
8	affirmative	affirmative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	disbelief	ordinarily property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disbelief=Theme
2	notwithstand	gerund	disbelief not said here	disbelief's two affirmative words		tree rules
3	word		disbelief			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It is regarded as an error of grammar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 error	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 error	det
6	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regarded	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 grammar	case
8	grammar	grammar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 error	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		It				as a error of grammar	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as error=Value
2	err		grammar						nom error «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It ordinarily signifies enthusiastic agreement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 signifies	nsubj
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	3 signifies	advmod
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	enthusiastic	enthusiastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 agreement	amod
5	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	enthusiastic agreement				ordinarily property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot agreement=Theme

Option 4

It constitutes a direction to turn right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 direction	det
4	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 turn	mark
6	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 constitutes	advcl
7	right	right	ADV	_	6 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a direction					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme direction=Pivot
2	turn	to-infinitive						right property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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