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title: Gran texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at h… — We're having a baby! · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at hospital." What is going on? Test 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · We're having a baby!

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Gran texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at hospital." What is going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran texts · **What happens:** go back, sleep, go on · **To what, where:** pet, hospital

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at hospital."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t4:1
# text = Gran texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at hospital."
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	am	a.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
15	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** *in a quote* | infinitive | Gran texts at 3  am |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Gran texts at 3  am *not said here* | pet and Mum and Dad |  | hospital |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme |

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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 going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t4:2
# text = What is going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Gran has had an accident at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t4:o1:1
# text = Gran has had an accident at home
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | Gran | a accident |  | home |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accident=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Mum and Dad are at a work party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t4:o2:1
# text = Mum and Dad are at a work party
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum and Dad |  |  | a work party |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Mum is in labour and Gran is minding you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t4:o3:1
# text = Mum is in labour and Gran is minding you
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	minding	mind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  | labour |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mind** | present · progressive | Gran | you |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The house has had a burglary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t4:o4:1
# text = The house has had a burglary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	burglary	burglary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | the house | a burglary |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burglary=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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