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title: Overheard on the phone: "Twelve weeks today, so we can finally tell… — We're having a baby! · tree and pragmatics
description: Overheard on the phone: "Twelve weeks today, so we can finally tell people!" What is the news? Test 1 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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# Test 1 · We're having a baby!

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Overheard on the phone: "Twelve weeks today, so we can finally tell people!" What is the news?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, news · **What happens:** overhear, tell, be · **To what, where:** phone, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» 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/18-were-having-a-baby/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Overheard on the phone: "Twelve weeks today, so we can finally tell people!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t1:1
# text = Overheard on the phone: "Twelve weeks today, so we can finally tell people!"
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | participle |  |  |  | the phone | week |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | we |  | people |  |  | finally *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |

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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 is the news?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t1:2
# text = What is the news?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the news |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Someone has been ill for twelve weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t1:o1:1
# text = Someone has been ill for twelve weeks
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · perfect | Someone |  |  |  | week | ill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Someone's new job starts on Monday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t1:o2:1
# text = Someone's new job starts on Monday
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | Someone's new job |  |  |  | monday |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **job** |  | Someone |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A pregnancy has passed the early weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t1:o3:1
# text = A pregnancy has passed the early weeks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | a pregnancy |  |  | week |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A holiday is booked in twelve weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t1:o4:1
# text = A holiday is booked in twelve weeks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	booked	book	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **book** | present · passive |  | a holiday |  |  | week |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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