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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a "seven-month baby", as the expression was formerly employed. Exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a "seven-month baby", as the expression was formerly employed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, employ · **To what, where:** consistent, month baby, expression

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» 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/12-birth-and-couples/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a "seven-month baby", as the expression was formerly employed.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
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	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
22	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 consistent |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a month baby |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus baby=Experiencer |
| 4 | **employ** | past · passive |  | the expression |  |  |  | formerly *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A child of seven months of age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e2:o1:1
# text = A child of seven months of age
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An infant born at seven months of gestation for medical reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e2:o2:1
# text = An infant born at seven months of gestation for medical reasons
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gestation	gestation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  | month | for medical reasons | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for reason=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An infant capable of walking at seven months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e2:o3:1
# text = An infant capable of walking at seven months
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  | month |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A child born less than nine months after the parents' marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e2:o4:1
# text = A child born less than nine months after the parents' marriage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | a child *not said here* |  |  | after the parents's marriage; month | less *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **marry** |  | the parents |  |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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