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title: Zoe: "Mum said Mrs Grant is expecting, so who's she expecting?" What… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zoe: "Mum said Mrs Grant is expecting, so who's she expecting?" What should Zoe be told? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

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Zoe: "Mum said Mrs Grant is expecting, so who's she expecting?" What should Zoe be told?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, Mrs · **What happens:** say, expect, tell · **To what, where:** Zoe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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/4-illness-disability-and-babies/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zoe: "Mum said Mrs Grant is expecting, so who's she expecting?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t9:1
# text = Zoe: "Mum said Mrs Grant is expecting, so who's she expecting?"
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	Grant	Grant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	expecting	expect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	expecting	expect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **expect** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Mrs |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **expect** *in a quote* | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should Zoe be told?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t9:2
# text = What should Zoe be told?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should · passive |  | Zoe |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Mrs Grant is going to have a baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t9:o1:1
# text = Mrs Grant is going to have a baby
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | Mrs |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | Mrs *not said here* | a baby |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mrs Grant is expecting good weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t9:o2:1
# text = Mrs Grant is expecting good weather
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	expecting	expect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | present · progressive | Mrs | good weather |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mrs Grant is waiting for her husband

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t9:o3:1
# text = Mrs Grant is waiting for her husband
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | Mrs |  |  |  |  | for Mrs's husband | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mrs Grant is waiting for the post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:t9:o4:1
# text = Mrs Grant is waiting for the post
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | Mrs |  |  |  |  | for the post | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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