Exam question 1 · We're having a baby!

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "We are expecting"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We · What happens: follow, characteris, expect · To what, where: expression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» of the adult life 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 expecting	punct
12	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 expecting	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 expecting	aux
14	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 expression	acl:relcl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 expecting	punct
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the expression	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	expect in a quote	present · progressive	We	the expression not said here		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It indicates that a delivery of goods is anticipated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 anticipated	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 delivery	det
5	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 anticipated	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 goods	case
7	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 delivery	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 anticipated	aux:pass
9	anticipated	anticipate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	indicate	present	It		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	anticipate	present · passive		a delivery of goods	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	deliver			goods	nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It indicates that a decision is awaited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 awaited	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 decision	det
5	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 awaited	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 awaited	aux:pass
7	awaited	await	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	await	present · passive		a decision					tree rules

Option 3

It indicates that a visitor is due to arrive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 due	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 visitor	det
5	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 due	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 due	cop
7	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	2 indicates	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 arrive	mark
9	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 due	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	a visitor	due property	tree rules
3	arrive	to-infinitive	a visitor not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It indicates that a pregnancy is in progress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 progress	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pregnancy	det
5	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 progress	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 progress	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 progress	case
8	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	a pregnancy			progress			tree rules

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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