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description: Your cousin goes, «babies just appear in the hospital, they build 'em there.» Which reply is true? Test 1 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 1 · Life begins: being born and growing up

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Your cousin goes, «babies just appear in the hospital, they build 'em there.» Which reply is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, babies, reply · **What happens:** go, appear, build, be · **To what, where:** hospital, 'em

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This is test 1 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin goes, «babies just appear in the hospital, they build 'em there.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t1:1
# text = Your cousin goes, «babies just appear in the hospital, they build 'em there.»
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
15	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** *in a quote* | present | babies |  |  | the hospital |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hospital=Location |
| 3 | **build** *in a quote* | present | babies *= baby* | 'em *= they* |  | there |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

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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:* Which reply is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t1:2
# text = Which reply is true?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which reply |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Babies grow in eggs that the mum keeps warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t1:o1:1
# text = Babies grow in eggs that the mum keeps warm
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Babies |  |  | eggs |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in egg=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the mum |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, but only the girls; boys come by post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t1:o2:1
# text = Right, but only the girls; boys come by post
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the girls |  |  |  |  | by post | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by post=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Right, the hospital builds them from parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t1:o3:1
# text = Right, the hospital builds them from parts
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | the hospital | them *= they* |  | parts |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset they=Product from part=Material |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A baby grows in its mum's womb for about nine months first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t1:o4:1
# text = A baby grows in its mum's womb for about nine months first
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	womb	womb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a baby |  |  | baby's mum's womb | month | first *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in womb=Location |

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