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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "open question"
},
{
"word": "open-ended question"
},
{
"word": "wh-question"
},
{
"word": "multiple-choice question"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "yes-no questions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yes-no question (plural yes-no questions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "To make it clear for the jury, I will ask you a simple yes-no question. Did you enter the house on the night of the 15th?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A question that can only be answered by yes or no and does not allow for elaboration or detail."
],
"id": "en-yes-no_question-en-noun-9wt1pmvQ",
"links": [
[
"question",
"question"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "true-false"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yes-or-no question"
},
{
"word": "polar question"
},
{
"word": "yes/no question"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ja-nej spørgsmål"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "kyllä tai ei -kysymys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "question totale"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ja-Nein-Frage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Entscheidungsfrage"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "erṓtēma",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἐρώτημα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "eldöntendő kérdés"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ippan gimonbun",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "一般疑問文"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pytanie rozstrzygające"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "întrebare cu da sau nu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óbščij voprós",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́бщий вопро́с"
},
{
"alt": "voprós, trébujuščij otvéta «da» íli «net»",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вопро́с, тре́бующий отве́та «да» и́ли «нет»"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pregunta cerrada"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "ndiyo-hakuna swali"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "evet/hayır sorusu"
}
]
}
],
"word": "yes-no question"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "open question"
},
{
"word": "open-ended question"
},
{
"word": "wh-question"
},
{
"word": "multiple-choice question"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "yes-no questions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "yes-no question (plural yes-no questions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "true-false"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "To make it clear for the jury, I will ask you a simple yes-no question. Did you enter the house on the night of the 15th?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A question that can only be answered by yes or no and does not allow for elaboration or detail."
],
"links": [
[
"question",
"question"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yes-or-no question"
},
{
"word": "polar question"
},
{
"word": "yes/no question"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ja-nej spørgsmål"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "kyllä tai ei -kysymys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "question totale"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ja-Nein-Frage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Entscheidungsfrage"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "erṓtēma",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἐρώτημα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "eldöntendő kérdés"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ippan gimonbun",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "一般疑問文"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pytanie rozstrzygające"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "întrebare cu da sau nu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óbščij voprós",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́бщий вопро́с"
},
{
"alt": "voprós, trébujuščij otvéta «da» íli «net»",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вопро́с, тре́бующий отве́та «да» и́ли «нет»"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of question",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pregunta cerrada"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "ndiyo-hakuna swali"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "type of question",
"word": "evet/hayır sorusu"
}
],
"word": "yes-no question"
}
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