Exam question 2 · Sign language

Identify the function performed by raised eyebrows in sign languages.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, perform, raise · To what, where: function, sign languages

This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Sign language» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 function	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 eyebrows	case
6	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 eyebrows	amod
7	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 performed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 languages	case
9	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 languages	compound
10	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 performed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the function			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	perform	participle		the function not said here	sign languages	by raised eyebrows	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	raise	participle					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 expression of rudeness towards the interlocutor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rudeness	case
4	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 interlocutor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 interlocutor	det
7	interlocutor	interlocutor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The indication of a spelling error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 error	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 error	det
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 error	compound
6	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate			a spelling error					nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The marking of a yes/no question as a grammatical feature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marking	det
2	marking	marking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 question	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 question	det
5	yes/no	yes/no	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 question	compound
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marking	nmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 feature	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feature	det
9	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feature	amod
10	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 question	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark			a yes/no question as a grammatical feature					nom marking «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The termination of the conversation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 termination	det
2	termination	termination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conversation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conversation	det
5	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 termination	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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