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title: Identify the principal function of the scan conducted during pregnan… — We're having a baby! · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of the scan conducted during pregnancy. Exam question 2 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» 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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# Exam question 2 · We're having a baby!

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Identify the principal function of the scan conducted during pregnancy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, conduct · **To what, where:** principal function, scan

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» of the adult life 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/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function of the scan conducted during pregnancy.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scan	scan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of the scan |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **conduct** | participle |  | the scan *not said here* |  |  | during pregnancy |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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To administer medicine to the unborn baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e2:o1:1
# text = To administer medicine to the unborn baby
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	administer	administer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	unborn	unborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | to-infinitive |  | medicine | the unborn baby |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme to baby=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To photograph the baby by means of ordinary light shone through the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e2:o2:1
# text = To photograph the baby by means of ordinary light shone through the skin
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	photograph	photograph	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **photograph** | to-infinitive |  | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of ordinary light | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **shine** | participle |  | ordinary light *not said here* |  | the skin |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through skin=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To determine the baby's future height precisely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e2:o3:1
# text = To determine the baby's future height precisely
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  | the baby's future height |  |  |  | precisely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent height=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To check by means of sound waves that the baby is developing normally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e2:o4:1
# text = To check by means of sound waves that the baby is developing normally
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	developing	develop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl	_	_
13	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of sound waves | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **develop** | present · progressive | the baby | sound waves *not said here* |  |  |  | normally *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Product |

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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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