Test 13 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth
Leaflet: "Support is available after pregnancy loss." Who is the support for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Support · What happens: be
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 11 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms 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: Leaflet: "Support is available after pregnancy loss."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaflet | leaflet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 available | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 available | punct |
| 4 | Support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 available | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 available | cop |
| 6 | available | available | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Leaflet | appos |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 loss | case |
| 8 | pregnancy | pregnancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 loss | compound |
| 9 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 available | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 available | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 available | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Support | after pregnancy loss | available 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.
Sentence 2: Who is the support for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 support | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 support | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 support | det |
| 4 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 support | case |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 support | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for the support | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People whose baby died before or at birth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 died | nsubj |
| 2 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 3 baby | nmod:poss |
| 3 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 People | nmod |
| 4 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | ADV | _ | 4 died | advmod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 birth | cc |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 birth | case |
| 8 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | People People People's baby's baby | birth | before property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2
People who lost a test result
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 result | det |
| 5 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 result | compound |
| 6 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | People | a test result | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Eventuality |
Option 3
People who lost a lot of weight while ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lot | det |
| 5 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 weight | case |
| 7 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lot | nmod |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 ill | mark |
| 9 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lost | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | People | a lot of weight | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Eventuality |
Option 4
People who missed a check-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 missed | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 missed | nsubj |
| 3 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 up | det |
| 5 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 up | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | People | a check up | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer up=Stimulus |
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