Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth

Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "termination" in medical documentation pertaining to pregnancy.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, medical documentation · What happens: select, establish, pertain, use · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 term	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 termination	punct
13	termination	termination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 termination	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 documentation	case
16	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 documentation	amod
17	documentation	documentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 termination	nmod
18	pertaining	pertain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 documentation	acl
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 pregnancy	case
20	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pertaining	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	pertain	gerund	medical documentation not said here		to pregnancy	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to pregnancy=Co-Theme
4	use			the term		nom usage «act transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

The conclusion of a hospital stay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conclusion	det
2	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 stay	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stay	det
5	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	compound
6	stay	stay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude			a hospital stay					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The cessation of a doctor's employment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cessation	det
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 employment	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 doctor	det
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employment	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 doctor	case
7	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cessation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease			a doctor's employment					nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient
2	employ		a doctor						nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The deliberate ending of a pregnancy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ending	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ending	amod
3	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 pregnancy	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pregnancy	det
6	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ending	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end			a pregnancy					nom ending «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The natural birth of the infant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 birth	det
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 birth	amod
3	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 infant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 infant	det
6	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 birth	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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