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What will happen in spring? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** couple · **What happens:** be, announce, happen · **To what, where:** blessed event This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 11 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/11-pregnancy-and-birth/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* News: "The couple are delighted to announce a blessed event in the spring." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t1:1 # text = News: "The couple are delighted to announce a blessed event in the spring." 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 announce announce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 blessed blessed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the couple | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the couple *not said here* | a blessed event | | | in the spring | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=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 will happen in spring? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t1:2 # text = What will happen in spring? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | future | | | | | spring | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They will move to a church ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t1:o1:1 # text = They will move to a church 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | future | They | | | a church | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to church=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} They will win a prize ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t1:o2:1 # text = They will win a prize 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | future | They | a prize | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They will have a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t1:o3:1 # text = They will have a baby 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | They | a baby | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They will get married ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t1:o4:1 # text = They will get married 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | future · passive | | They | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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