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title: Identify the function performed by raised eyebrows in sign languages. — Sign language · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the function performed by raised eyebrows in sign languages. Exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Sign language» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Sign language

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Identify the function performed by raised eyebrows in sign languages.

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/32-sign-language/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e2:1
# text = Identify the function performed by raised eyebrows in sign languages.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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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 {#o1}

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The expression of rudeness towards the interlocutor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e2:o1:1
# text = The expression of rudeness towards the interlocutor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	interlocutor	interlocutor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The indication of a spelling error

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e2:o2:1
# text = The indication of a spelling error
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e2:o3:1
# text = The marking of a yes/no question as a grammatical feature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marking	marking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	yes/no	yes/no	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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The termination of the conversation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e2:o4:1
# text = The termination of the conversation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	termination	termination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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