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Test 5 · ★ 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 choice was wrong --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth A card says: "Congratulations on your bundle of joy!" What is the card for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** card · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A card says: "Congratulations on your bundle of joy!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t5:1 # text = A card says: "Congratulations on your bundle of joy!" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 card card 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 : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Congratulations congratulation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a card | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 is the card for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t5:2 # text = What is the card for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the card | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A wedding ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t5:o1:1 # text = A wedding 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A birthday present ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t5:o2:1 # text = A birthday present 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The birth of a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t5:o3:1 # text = The birth of a baby 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A new puppy in the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t5:o4:1 # text = A new puppy in the house 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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