Exam question 3 · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "yeah nah" in Australian and New Zealand English.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, expression

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 expression	det
11	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 nah	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	14 nah	discourse
14	nah	nah	INTJ	_	11 expression	discourse
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 nah	punct
16	in	in	ADP	_	21 English	case
17	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 English	amod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 English	cc
19	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Zealand	flat
20	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 English	compound
21	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 nah	nmod
22	.	.	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	the expression		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=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

It signifies an inability to hear the speaker

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 inability	det
4	inability	inability	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hear	mark
6	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 signifies	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 speaker	det
8	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	a inability					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot inability=Theme
2	hear	to-infinitive		the speaker					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer speaker=Stimulus

Option 2

It ordinarily signifies an enthusiastic acceptance

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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 acceptance	det
5	enthusiastic	enthusiastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 acceptance	amod
6	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It ordinarily signifies a courteous refusal

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 refusal	det
5	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 refusal	amod
6	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj

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

Option 4

It is devoid of meaning in all contexts

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 devoid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 devoid	cop
3	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 meaning	case
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoid	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 contexts	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 contexts	det
8	contexts	context	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 meaning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of meaning in all contexts; devoid 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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