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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sign language · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning British and American Sign Languages. Exam question 3 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 right.
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# Exam question 3 · Sign language

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/32-sign-language/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning British and American Sign Languages.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	Sign	Sign	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 |  |  |  | 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 |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e3:o1:1
# text = They constitute distinct languages, the latter being related to French Sign Language
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	Sign	Sign	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Language	Language	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Both derive from Auslan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e3:o2:1
# text = Both derive from Auslan
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Auslan	Auslan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e3:o3:1
# text = They constitute one and the same language, notwithstanding minor differences of accent
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	differences	difference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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They are mutually intelligible in all respects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:e3:o4:1
# text = They are mutually intelligible in all respects
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mutually	mutually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	respects	respects	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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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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