--- title: Dad, pointing at the fridge: "See that blob? That's the head." What… — We're having a baby! · tree and pragmatics description: Dad, pointing at the fridge: "See that blob? That's the head." What is he showing? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · We're having a baby! Dad, pointing at the fridge: "See that blob? That's the head." What is he showing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, That · **What happens:** point, see, be, show · **To what, where:** fridge, blob, head This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad, pointing at the fridge: "See that blob? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t8:1 # text = Dad, pointing at the fridge: "See that blob? 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 blob blob NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | gerund | Dad | | | the fridge | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Dad *not said here* | that blob | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blob=Stimulus | 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:* That's the head." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t8:2 # text = That's the head." 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | the head | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What is he showing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t8:3 # text = What is he showing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · progressive | Dad | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A photo of the baby already born ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t8:o1:1 # text = A photo of the baby already born 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 photo photo NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 already already ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | the baby *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} An X-ray of Dad's broken arm ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t8:o2:1 # text = An X-ray of Dad's broken arm 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 X x NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ray ray NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · passive | | a X ray of Dad | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **ray** | | | Dad | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A scan picture of the baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t8:o3:1 # text = A scan picture of the baby 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 scan scan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A weather map from the news ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t8:o4:1 # text = A weather map from the news 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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