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Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

Zoe: "Mum said Mrs Grant is expecting, so who's she expecting?" What should Zoe be told?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, Mrs · What happens: say, expect, tell · To what, where: Zoe · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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: Zoe: "Mum said Mrs Grant is expecting, so who's she expecting?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Zoe	parataxis
6	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 expecting	nsubj
7	Grant	Grant	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Mrs	flat
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 expecting	aux
9	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 expecting	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 expecting	advmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 expecting	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 expecting	aux
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 expecting	nsubj
15	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 expecting	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 expecting	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 expecting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask in a quote	past	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	expect in a quote	present · progressive	Mrs						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	expect in a quote	present · progressive							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 should Zoe be told?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 told	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
3	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should · passive		Zoe					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mrs Grant is going to have a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 going	nsubj
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 have	mark
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 going	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	Mrs						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	to-infinitive	Mrs not said here	a baby					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient

Option 2

Mrs Grant is expecting good weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expecting	nsubj
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expecting	aux
4	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 weather	amod
6	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expecting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	present · progressive	Mrs	good weather					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Theme

Option 3

Mrs Grant is waiting for her husband

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	nsubj
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waiting	aux
4	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 husband	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 husband	nmod:poss
7	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present · progressive	Mrs					for Mrs's husband	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Mrs Grant is waiting for the post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	nsubj
2	Grant	Grant	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waiting	aux
4	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 post	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 post	det
7	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present · progressive	Mrs					for the post	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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