YN-Answer (DIT): S believes that A wants to know this information (for instance, because A has asked for it); S believes the semantic content to be true.Reply-Y/Reply-N (HCRC MapTask): A REPLY-Y is any reply to any query with a yes-no surface form that means “yes”, however that is expressed. Since REPLY-Y moves are elicited responses, they normally only appear after QUERY-YN, ALIGN, and CHECK moves. Similar to REPLY-Y, a reply to a query with a yes-no surface form, that means “no” is a REPLY-N. One caveat about the meaning of the difference between REPLY-Y and REPLY-N: rarely, queries include negation (e.g., “You don’t have a swamp?”; “You’re not anywhere near the coast?”). As for the other replies, whether the answer is coded as a REPLY-Y or a REPLY-N depends on the surface form of the answer, even though in this case “yes” and “no” can mean the same thing.Yes-Answer/No-Answer (SWBD-DAMSL): These are only “yes”, “yeah”, “yep”, “uh-huh”, and such other variations on “yes”; or “no” and variations. These are marked even if there is a filled pause or discourse marker along with the “yes” or “no”.