--- title: Little Lily: "Mummy says I came from under a cabbage!" What is true? — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Little Lily: "Mummy says I came from under a cabbage!" What is true? Test 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/t2/) [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/12-birth-and-couples/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Little Lily: "Mummy says I came from under a cabbage!" What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little Lily · **What happens:** say, come, be · **To what, where:** cabbage · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 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. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Little Lily: "Mummy says I came from under a cabbage!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t2:1 # text = Little Lily: "Mummy says I came from under a cabbage!" 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Mummy mummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | Little Lily | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Little Lily *= lily* | | | a cabbage | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cabbage=Initial\_Location | 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 true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t2:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Lily is a gardener ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t2:o1:1 # text = Lily is a gardener 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Lily | a gardener | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Mummy used a funny story instead of explaining ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t2:o2:1 # text = Mummy used a funny story instead of explaining 1 Mummy Mummy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 8 mark _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 explaining explain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | Mummy | a funny story | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund | Mummy *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lily was really found in a garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t2:o3:1 # text = Lily was really found in a garden 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · passive | | Lily | | a garden | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lily was born in a vegetable patch ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t2:o4:1 # text = Lily was born in a vegetable patch 1 Lily Lily 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 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 vegetable vegetable NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | Lily | | a vegetable patch | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «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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