--- title: A politician says: "Every child, including those born out of wedlock… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: A politician says: "Every child, including those born out of wedlock, deserves equal rights." Which children are meant? Test 10 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/11-pregnancy-and-birth/t10/) [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/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: pregnancy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/11-pregnancy-and-birth/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth A politician says: "Every child, including those born out of wedlock, deserves equal rights." Which children are meant? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** politician, child · **What happens:** say, bear out, deserve, mean · **To what, where:** wedlock, equal rights, children · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A politician says: "Every child, including those born out of wedlock, deserves equal rights." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t10:1 # text = A politician says: "Every child, including those born out of wedlock, deserves equal rights." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 politician politician NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 including including ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 obl _ _ 11 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 wedlock wedlock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 16 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a politician | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bear out** *in a quote* | participle | | wedlock | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedlock=Patient | | 3 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | every child | equal rights | | | | including those | tree rules | 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:* Which children are meant? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t10:2 # text = Which children are meant? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · passive | | which children | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Children with no parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t10:o1:1 # text = Children with no parents 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Children born at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t10:o2:1 # text = Children born at home 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | Children *not said here* | | home | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Children born abroad in another country ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t10:o3:1 # text = Children born abroad in another country 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | Children *not said here* | | another country | | abroad *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Children whose parents were not married ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t10:o4:1 # text = Children whose parents were not married 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 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 | **not** **marry** | past · passive | | Children Children Children's parents's parents | | | | | 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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