--- title: Your brother says, "Morning sickness means Mum ate something bad at… — We're having a baby! · tree and pragmatics description: Your brother says, "Morning sickness means Mum ate something bad at breakfast." Put him right. Test 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [We're having a baby!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/) / t2 # Test 2 · We're having a baby! Your brother says, "Morning sickness means Mum ate something bad at breakfast." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, Morning sickness, Mum, you · **What happens:** say, mean, eat, put · **To what, where:** something, breakfast, sickness · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your brother says, "Morning sickness means Mum ate something bad at breakfast." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t2:1 # text = Your brother says, "Morning sickness means Mum ate something bad at breakfast." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Morning sickness | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | Mum | something | | breakfast | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t2:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | sickness | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It means she caught it from you ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t2:o1:1 # text = It means she caught it from you 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **catch** | past | she | it | | | | from you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from you=Source | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is sickness from early pregnancy, at any time ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t2:o2:1 # text = It is sickness from early pregnancy, at any time 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pregnancy pregnancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | sickness and any time | | early pregnancy | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is right, it is food poisoning from the eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t2:o3:1 # text = He is right, it is food poisoning from the eggs 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 poisoning poisoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | food poisoning | | the eggs | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is right, she should skip breakfast ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t2:o4:1 # text = He is right, she should skip breakfast 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 skip skip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 8 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **skip** | should | she | breakfast | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Agent | **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. 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