Exam question 4 · We're having a baby!

Whereas a pregnancy has ended in miscarriage, which of the following statements is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: end, follow, be · To what, where: pregnancy, miscarriage

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 ended	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pregnancy	det
3	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ended	aux
5	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 accurate	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 miscarriage	case
7	miscarriage	miscarriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 statements	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 statements	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 statements	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 statements	det
12	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 statements	amod
13	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 miscarriage	conj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 accurate	cop
15	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	end	present · perfect · passive	a pregnancy	miscarriage and the following statements		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present			accurate property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Such an occurrence is relatively common and ordinarily attributable to no one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 occurrence	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 occurrence	det
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 common	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 common	cop
5	relatively	relatively	ADV	_	6 common	advmod
6	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 attributable	cc
8	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	9 attributable	advmod
9	attributable	attributable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 common	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 one	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attributable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such occurrence					common, relatively property	tree rules
2	be		such occurrence not said here		no one			ordinarily property	tree rules

Option 2

Such an occurrence is invariably caused by the mother's conduct during the pregnancy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 occurrence	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 occurrence	det
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 caused	aux:pass
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 caused	advmod
6	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 conduct	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mother	det
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mother	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obl
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 pregnancy	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pregnancy	det
14	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the mother's conduct	such occurrence			during the pregnancy	invariably property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	conduct		the mother						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Such an occurrence signifies that the baby will be born later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 occurrence	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 occurrence	det
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signifies	nsubj
4	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 born	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 baby	det
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 born	nsubj:pass
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 born	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 born	aux:pass
10	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 signifies	advcl
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 born	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	such occurrence						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	bear	future · passive		the baby				late property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Such an occurrence is caused by the conduct of other children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 occurrence	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 occurrence	det
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 caused	aux:pass
5	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 children	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 children	amod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the conduct of other children	such occurrence					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	conduct			other children					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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