--- title: Grandma: "Your gran was a change-of-life baby, her mum was 46." What… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Grandma: "Your gran was a change-of-life baby, her mum was 46." What does it tell you? Test 12 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth Grandma: "Your gran was a change-of-life baby, her mum was 46." What does it tell you? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gran, mum · **What happens:** be, tell · **To what, where:** change, 46, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandma: "Your gran was a change-of-life baby, her mum was 46." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t12:1 # text = Grandma: "Your gran was a change-of-life baby, her mum was 46." 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 46 46 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Your gran | a change | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Grandma's mum | 46 | | | | | 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:* What does it tell you? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t12:2 # text = What does it tell you? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | gran | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Her mother had her near the end of the child-bearing years ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t12:o1:1 # text = Her mother had her near the end of the child-bearing years 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 bearing bearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Her mother | her *= she* | | | near the end of the bearing years | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Gran was born late at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t12:o2:1 # text = Gran was born late at night 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | Gran | | | night | late *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Gran changed her life at 46 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t12:o3:1 # text = Gran changed her life at 46 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 46 46 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | Gran | Gran's life | | 46 | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her mum changed jobs at 46 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t12:o4:1 # text = Her mum changed jobs at 46 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 46 46 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | Her mum | jobs | | 46 | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=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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