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

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a "seven-month baby", as the expression was formerly employed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, employ · To what, where: consistent, month baby, expression

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» 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	4 consistent	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl:unmarked
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 baby	det
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 baby	punct
12	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 month	nummod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 seven	punct
14	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 baby	compound
15	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 baby	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 employed	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 employed	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 expression	det
20	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 employed	nsubj:pass
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 employed	aux:pass
22	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	23 employed	advmod
23	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Select	parataxis
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the consistent		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a month baby		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus baby=Experiencer
4	employ	past · passive		the expression	formerly property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A child of seven months of age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 months	case
4	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 months	nummod
5	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 child	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 age	case
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 months	nmod

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

Option 2

An infant born at seven months of gestation for medical reasons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 infant	det
2	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 born	advmod
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 months	case
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 months	nummod
6	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gestation	case
8	gestation	gestation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 months	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 reasons	case
10	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reasons	amod
11	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	participle					month	for medical reasons	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for reason=Attribute

Option 3

An infant capable of walking at seven months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 capable	det
2	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 capable	amod
3	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 walking	mark
5	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 capable	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 months	case
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 months	nummod
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund					month		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A child born less than nine months after the parents' marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 child	acl
4	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 born	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 months	case
6	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 months	nummod
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	12 marriage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parents	det
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 marriage	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 parents	case
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	participle		a child not said here			after the parents's marriage; month	less property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	marry		the parents						nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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