--- title: News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years."… — We're having a baby! · tree and pragmatics description: News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years." What are twin births? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · We're having a baby! News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years." What are twin births? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** number, twin births · **What happens:** rise, be · **To what, where:** News report This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t9:1 # text = News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years." 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 twin twin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 births birth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 recent recent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the number of twin births | News report *not said here* | | | year | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location report=Theme | 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:* What are twin births? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t9:2 # text = What are twin births? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 twin twin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 births birth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | twin births | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Babies who share a birthday with a parent ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t9:o1:1 # text = Babies who share a birthday with a parent 1 Babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | Babies | a birthday | | | | with a parent | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Babies born on the same day in a town ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t9:o2:1 # text = Babies born on the same day in a town 1 Babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | Babies *not said here* | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Two babies born from one pregnancy ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t9:o3:1 # text = Two babies born from one pregnancy 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 pregnancy pregnancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | Two babies *not said here* | | one pregnancy | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mothers who have had two babies in two years ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:18-were-having-a-baby:t9:o4:1 # text = Mothers who have had two babies in two years 1 Mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · perfect | Mothers | two babies | | | year | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | **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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