--- title: Your Kiwi mate says "sweet as, my NZ signs work with BSL heaps." ("S… — Sign language · tree and pragmatics description: Your Kiwi mate says "sweet as, my NZ signs work with BSL heaps." ("Sweet as" means great; "heaps" means a lot.) Is he right? Test 9 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/32-sign-language/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Sign language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/32-sign-language/) / t9 # Test 9 · Sign language Your Kiwi mate says "sweet as, my NZ signs work with BSL heaps." ("Sweet as" means great; "heaps" means a lot.) Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kiwi mate, NZ signs, my, heaps, mate · **What happens:** say, work, sign, mean, be · **To what, where:** lot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your Kiwi mate says "sweet as, my NZ signs work with BSL heaps." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t9:1 # text = Your Kiwi mate says "sweet as, my NZ signs work with BSL heaps." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Kiwi kiwi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 NZ NZ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 BSL BSL PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your Kiwi mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **work** *in a quote* | present | my NZ signs | | | | | with BSL heaps | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with heap=Co-Agent | | 3 | **sign** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("Sweet as" means great; "heaps" means a lot.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t9:2 # text = ("Sweet as" means great; "heaps" means a lot.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | heaps | a lot | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic | *Sentence 3:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t9:3 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | mate | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, because NZ uses ASL ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, because NZ uses ASL 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 NZ NZ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 ASL ASL PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | NZ | ASL | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asl=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, NZ has no sign language ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t9:o2:1 # text = No, NZ has no sign language 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 NZ NZ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 6 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | NZ | no sign language | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yes, NZ Sign Language, BSL and Auslan are one family ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t9:o3:1 # text = Yes, NZ Sign Language, BSL and Auslan are one family 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 NZ NZ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 Sign Sign PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Language Language PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 BSL BSL PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 Auslan Auslan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | NZ Sign Language and BSL and Auslan | one family | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, they're totally unrelated ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t9:o4:1 # text = No, they're totally unrelated 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 totally totally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 unrelated unrelated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | totally, unrelated *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. 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