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description: In respect of the Scottish expression "Aye, right", select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 3 · Sarcasm and tone of voice

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e3:1
# text = In respect of the Scottish expression "Aye, right", select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It ordinarily signifies disbelief notwithstanding its two affirmative words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e3:o1:1
# text = It ordinarily signifies disbelief notwithstanding its two affirmative words
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	disbelief	disbelief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	affirmative	affirmative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 {#o2}

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It is regarded as an error of grammar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e3:o2:1
# text = It is regarded as an error of grammar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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It ordinarily signifies enthusiastic agreement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e3:o3:1
# text = It ordinarily signifies enthusiastic agreement
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	enthusiastic	enthusiastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It constitutes a direction to turn right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e3:o4:1
# text = It constitutes a direction to turn right
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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