Test 10 · Sign language

Danylo's new classmates say "just sign in Ukrainian, we'll get it." What's the kind and true answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: new classmates, we, kind answer · What happens: say, sign, get, be · To what, where: Ukrainian, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 32 «Sign language» of the language 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Danylo's new classmates say "just sign in Ukrainian, we'll get it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 classmates	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Danylo	case
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 classmates	amod
4	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 sign	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 sign	advmod
8	sign	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Ukrainian	case
10	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sign	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 get	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 get	aux
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sign	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Danylo's new classmates			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sign in a quote	infinitive			Ukrainian	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get in a quote	future	we	it		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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.

Sentence 2: What's the kind and true answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 answer	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 answer	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 true	cc
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kind	conj
7	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kind answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

All signs are the same everywhere, so Ukrainian signs will work fine in London

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 signs	det
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 same	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 same	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 same	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 same	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 work	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 work	advmod
9	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 signs	amod
10	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 work	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 work	aux
12	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 same	parataxis
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 work	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 London	case
15	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all signs					everywhere, same property	tree rules
2	work	future	Ukrainian signs	fine		London			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent fine=Material

Option 2

He should stop signing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stop	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	signing	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	should	He						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	sign	gerund	He not said here						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They can guess every sign

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	3 guess	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 guess	aux
3	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	can	They	every sign					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ukrainian Sign Language is different; help him learn BSL and respect his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Language	amod
2	Sign	Sign	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Language	compound
3	Language	Language	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 different	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 different	cop
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 help	punct
7	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 different	parataxis
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 help	obj
9	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 help	xcomp
10	BSL	BSL	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 learn	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 respect	cc
12	respect	respect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 help	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 own	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 respect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ukrainian Sign Language		different property	tree rules
2	help	infinitive		Language		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	learn	infinitive	Language not said here	BSL		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bsl=Topic
4	respect	infinitive		Language's own		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer own=Stimulus

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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