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title: Whereas a pregnancy has ended in miscarriage, which of the following… — We're having a baby! · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a pregnancy has ended in miscarriage, which of the following statements is accurate? Exam question 4 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 right.
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# Exam question 4 · We're having a baby!

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Whereas a pregnancy has ended in miscarriage, which of the following statements is accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** end, follow, be · **To what, where:** pregnancy, miscarriage

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e4:1
# text = Whereas a pregnancy has ended in miscarriage, which of the following statements is accurate?
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	miscarriage	miscarriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present · perfect · passive |  | a pregnancy |  | miscarriage and the following statements |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Such an occurrence is relatively common and ordinarily attributable to no one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e4:o1:1
# text = Such an occurrence is relatively common and ordinarily attributable to no one
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	relatively	relatively	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	attributable	attributable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | such occurrence |  |  |  |  | common, relatively *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | such occurrence *not said here* |  | no one |  |  | ordinarily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such an occurrence is invariably caused by the mother's conduct during the pregnancy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e4:o2:1
# text = Such an occurrence is invariably caused by the mother's conduct during the pregnancy
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | the mother's conduct | such occurrence |  |  | during the pregnancy | invariably *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | the mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such an occurrence signifies that the baby will be born later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e4:o3:1
# text = Such an occurrence signifies that the baby will be born later
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | such occurrence |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **bear** | future · passive |  | the baby |  |  |  | late *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such an occurrence is caused by the conduct of other children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:e4:o4:1
# text = Such an occurrence is caused by the conduct of other children
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | the conduct of other children | such occurrence |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **conduct** |  |  | other children |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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