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title: Your cousin thinks there's "one world sign language". What would hap… — Sign language · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin thinks there's "one world sign language". What would happen if she used BSL in New York? Test 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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# Test 2 · Sign language

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Your cousin thinks there's "one world sign language". What would happen if she used BSL in New York?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, sign language, language · **What happens:** think, be, happen, use · **To what, where:** BSL, New York · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/32-sign-language/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin thinks there's "one world sign language".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t2:1
# text = Your cousin thinks there's "one world sign language".
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | sign language |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would happen if she used BSL in New York?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t2:2
# text = What would happen if she used BSL in New York?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	BSL	BSL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | language | BSL |  | New York |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bsl=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody uses signs in New York

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t2:o1:1
# text = Nobody uses signs in New York
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Nobody | signs |  | New York |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Her signs would turn into ASL

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t2:o2:1
# text = Her signs would turn into ASL
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ASL	ASL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | Her signs |  |  |  |  | into ASL *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into asl=Result |
| 2 | **sign** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many ASL signers wouldn't understand her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t2:o3:1
# text = Many ASL signers wouldn't understand her
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	ASL	asl	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	signers	signer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **understand** | would | Many ASL signers | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Everyone would understand her perfectly, since signs are the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t2:o4:1
# text = Everyone would understand her perfectly, since signs are the same
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | would | Everyone | her *= she* |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | signs |  |  |  |  | same *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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