Exam question 3 · Sign language

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning British and American Sign Languages.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, British Sign Languages

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Languages	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 American	cc
12	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 British	conj
13	Sign	Sign	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Languages	compound
14	Languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	British Sign Languages		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus language=Experiencer

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

They constitute distinct languages, the latter being related to French Sign Language

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitute	nsubj
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 languages	amod
4	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitute	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 related	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 related	det
7	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 related	amod
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 related	cop
9	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constitute	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 Language	case
11	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Language	amod
12	Sign	Sign	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Language	compound
13	Language	Language	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 related	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	They	distinct languages					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme language=Pivot
2	is	gerund	They not said here		French Sign Language			related property	tree rules

Option 2

Both derive from Auslan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 derive	advmod
2	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Auslan	case
4	Auslan	Auslan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 derive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present				Auslan			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from auslan=Material

Option 3

They constitute one and the same language, notwithstanding minor differences of accent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitute	nsubj
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 constitute	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 language	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 language	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 language	amod
7	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 notwithstanding	punct
9	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 constitute	advcl
10	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 differences	amod
11	differences	difference	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 notwithstanding	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 accent	case
13	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 differences	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	They	one and the same language					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Pivot
2	notwithstand	gerund	They not said here	minor differences of accent					tree rules

Option 4

They are mutually intelligible in all respects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 intelligible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 intelligible	cop
3	mutually	mutually	ADV	_	4 intelligible	advmod
4	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 respects	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 respects	det
7	respects	respects	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 intelligible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			all respects		intelligible, mutually property	tree rules

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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