Test 9 · We're having a baby!
News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years." What are twin births?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: number, twin births · What happens: rise, be · To what, where: News report
This is test 9 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: News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | News | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 report | compound |
| 2 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 risen | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 risen | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 number | det |
| 6 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 risen | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 births | case |
| 8 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 births | compound |
| 9 | births | birth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 number | nmod |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 risen | aux |
| 11 | risen | rise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 report | acl:relcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 years | case |
| 13 | recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 years | amod |
| 14 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 risen | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 report | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 report | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise in a quote | present · perfect | the number of twin births | News report not said here | year | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location report=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.
Sentence 2: What are twin births?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | twin | twin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 births | amod |
| 4 | births | birth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | twin births | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Babies who share a birthday with a parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 share | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 share | nsubj |
| 3 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 birthday | det |
| 5 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 parent | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 parent | det |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | Babies | a birthday | with a parent | tree rules |
Option 2
Babies born on the same day in a town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Babies | acl |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 day | amod |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 born | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 town | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 town | det |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | Babies not said here | day | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Two babies born from one pregnancy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 babies | nummod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 babies | acl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 pregnancy | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 pregnancy | nummod |
| 6 | pregnancy | pregnancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | Two babies not said here | one pregnancy | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Mothers who have had two babies in two years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mothers | mother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 had | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | aux |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 babies | nummod |
| 6 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | Mothers | two babies | year | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
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