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title: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the ter… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "termination" in medical documentation pertaining to pregnancy. Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth

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Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "termination" in medical documentation pertaining to pregnancy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, medical documentation · **What happens:** select, establish, pertain, use · **To what, where:** response, term

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/euphemisms/11-pregnancy-and-birth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "termination" in medical documentation pertaining to pregnancy.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	termination	termination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	documentation	documentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	pertaining	pertain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **pertain** | gerund | medical documentation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to pregnancy | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to pregnancy=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **use** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The conclusion of a hospital stay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:e2:o1:1
# text = The conclusion of a hospital stay
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stay	stay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** |  |  | a hospital stay |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cessation of a doctor's employment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:e2:o2:1
# text = The cessation of a doctor's employment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** |  |  | a doctor's employment |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **employ** |  | a doctor |  |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The deliberate ending of a pregnancy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:e2:o3:1
# text = The deliberate ending of a pregnancy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** |  |  | a pregnancy |  |  |  |  | nom ending «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The natural birth of the infant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:e2:o4:1
# text = The natural birth of the infant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	birth	birth	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	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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