Test 10 · We're having a baby!
Mum, after a midwife visit: "She weighed him and checked I'm healing, all good." What did the midwife do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, I, midwife · What happens: weigh, check, heal, do · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Mum, after a midwife visit: "She weighed him and checked I'm healing, all good."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 visit | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 visit | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 visit | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 visit | det |
| 5 | midwife | midwife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 visit | compound |
| 6 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 weighed | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 weighed | punct |
| 9 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 weighed | nsubj |
| 10 | weighed | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 visit | parataxis |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 weighed | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 checked | cc |
| 13 | checked | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 weighed | conj |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 healing | nsubj |
| 15 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 healing | aux |
| 16 | healing | heal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 checked | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 good | punct |
| 18 | all | all | ADV | _ | 19 good | advmod |
| 19 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 weighed | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 visit | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 visit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh in a quote | past | Mum | him = he | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme he=Value | ||||
| 2 | check in a quote | past | Mum not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | heal in a quote | present · progressive | I | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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 did the midwife do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 midwife | det |
| 4 | midwife | midwife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | the midwife | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Taught the older children maths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taught | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 maths | det |
| 3 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 children | amod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 maths | compound |
| 5 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Taught | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | past | the children maths | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent math=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Checked on the new baby and on Mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 baby | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 baby | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 baby | amod |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Checked | obl:agent |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Mum | cc |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 Mum | case |
| 8 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 baby | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | participle | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Brought presents for the new baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 presents | amod |
| 2 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 baby | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 baby | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 baby | amod |
| 6 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 presents | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | participle | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Cleaned the house from top to bottom for the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleaned | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 house | det |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cleaned | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 top | case |
| 5 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cleaned | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 bottom | case |
| 7 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 top | nmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 family | det |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cleaned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | past | the house | top to bottom | for the family | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme from top=Source |
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