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title: Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby." What will the baby be to you? — New partners and step-families · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby." What will the baby be to you? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» of the adult life 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 6 · ★ · New partners and step-families

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Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby." What will the baby be to you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, baby · **What happens:** say, have, be · **To what, where:** baby · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» of the adult life 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/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t6:1
# text = Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Jo	Jo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Dad | a baby |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |

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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 will the baby be to you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t6:2
# text = What will the baby be to you?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | the baby |  |  |  |  | to you | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A half-sibling, because you share Dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t6:o1:1
# text = A half-sibling, because you share Dad
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | you | Dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nothing, because you live with Mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t6:o2:1
# text = Nothing, because you live with Mum
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | you |  |  |  |  | with Mum | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mum=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A step-sibling, because Jo is not your mum and never will be

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t6:o3:1
# text = A step-sibling, because Jo is not your mum and never will be
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	Jo	Jo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Jo | your mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cousin, because it is Jo's baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t6:o4:1
# text = A cousin, because it is Jo's baby
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	Jo	Jo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | Jo's baby |  |  |  |  | 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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