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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Kinds of sentences: statements, questi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "yeah nah" in Australian and New Zealand English. Exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "yeah nah" in Australian and New Zealand English.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, expression

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» 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/7-kinds-of-sentences/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "yeah nah" in Australian and New Zealand English.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	_
14	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	_
20	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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* | the expression |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=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 {#o1}

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It signifies an inability to hear the speaker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e3:o1:1
# text = It signifies an inability to hear the speaker
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	inability	inability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | It | a inability |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot inability=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive |  | the speaker |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer speaker=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It ordinarily signifies an enthusiastic acceptance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e3:o2:1
# text = It ordinarily signifies an enthusiastic acceptance
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	enthusiastic	enthusiastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	acceptance	acceptance	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 | a enthusiastic acceptance |  |  |  | ordinarily *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acceptance=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It ordinarily signifies a courteous refusal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e3:o3:1
# text = It ordinarily signifies a courteous refusal
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	courteous	courteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	refusal	refusal	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 | a courteous refusal |  |  |  | ordinarily *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot refusal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is devoid of meaning in all contexts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e3:o4:1
# text = It is devoid of meaning in all contexts
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	devoid	devoid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	contexts	context	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of meaning in all contexts; devoid *property* | tree rules |

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