We're having a baby!

Tests: 2 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 18 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · wrong ✗

Overheard on the phone: "Twelve weeks today, so we can finally tell people!" What is the news?

1. Someone has been ill for twelve weeks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Someone's new job starts on Monday — no support
3. A pregnancy has passed the early weeks — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A holiday is booked in twelve weeks — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Your brother says, "Morning sickness means Mum ate something bad at breakfast." Put him right.

1. It means she caught it from you — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. It is sickness from early pregnancy, at any time — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He is right, it is food poisoning from the eggs — no support
4. He is right, she should skip breakfast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 3: «Picture a kitchen in Toronto: Mum and Dad sit you down together, Dad says "Mum and I have decided to separate", and Mum hugs you tight and says "It's not your…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

A girl in Glasgow says, "The baby's due Friday, so it'll definitely be born Friday." Which is true?

1. It may come up to two weeks either side — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. No, babies always come a month early — score 5
3. Yes, babies are always born on the due date — no support
4. Yes, if the doctors say so it must happen on that day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 18, line 11: «The due date is the doctors' best guess of the birth day, and babies can come up to two weeks before or after it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come up» (+2); the same doer «babies» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Gran texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at hospital." What is going on?

1. Gran has had an accident at home — no support
2. Mum and Dad are at a work party — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. Mum is in labour and Gran is minding you — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. The house has had a burglary — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 15: «A step-mum who says "I'm not trying to replace your mum" means she wants a different kind of relationship with you, not to take your mum's place.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «step mum» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Aunt in Sydney: "Don't you dare poke my bump, ask first!" Why?

1. Poking makes the baby turn into twins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The baby will be born straight away — no support
3. The bump will pop like a balloon if you poke it — no support
4. It is her body, and you should ask before touching — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

Mum and Dad bickering: "We are NOT calling her Beyoncé." "It's on the shortlist!" What is going on?

1. They are arguing about a singer's latest song — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. They are planning a birthday party — score 5
3. They are choosing a name from a list — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. They have already named the baby — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 15: «A step-mum who says "I'm not trying to replace your mum" means she wants a different kind of relationship with you, not to take your mum's place.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «step mum» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Your sister whispers, "Mum lost the baby because I jumped on her bed." Put her right.

1. It was the midwife's fault, not hers — no support
2. It is nobody's fault, and certainly not hers — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She is right, jumping causes it every time — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. She is right, she should feel guilty — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 4: «A new partner does not replace your mum or dad. If they marry or move in, they become a step-parent, their children become step-brothers and step-sisters, and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+4); the same thing acted on «baby» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Dad, pointing at the fridge: "See that blob? That's the head." What is he showing?

1. A photo of the baby already born — no support
2. An X-ray of Dad's broken arm — ← Mova's choice · score 14
3. A scan picture of the baby — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. A weather map from the news — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 14, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 1: «Grown-ups who like each other a lot "go out" together, which means they are boyfriend and girlfriend, or partners, and get to know each other to see whether th…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on (+5); the same doer «ups» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

News report: "The number of twin births has risen in recent years." What are twin births?

1. Babies who share a birthday with a parent — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Babies born on the same day in a town — no support
3. Two babies born from one pregnancy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Mothers who have had two babies in two years — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Mum, after a midwife visit: "She weighed him and checked I'm healing, all good." What did the midwife do?

1. Taught the older children maths — no support
2. Checked on the new baby and on Mum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Brought presents for the new baby — no support
4. Cleaned the house from top to bottom for the family — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 4: «Midwives and doctors check on mum and baby all the way through. Usually all goes well, but sometimes a pregnancy ends early and the baby is lost, which is very…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «check» (+3); the same doer «midwives» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "We are expecting"?

1. It indicates that a delivery of goods is anticipated — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It indicates that a decision is awaited — no support
3. It indicates that a visitor is due to arrive — no support
4. It indicates that a pregnancy is in progress — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal function of the scan conducted during pregnancy.

1. To administer medicine to the unborn baby — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To photograph the baby by means of ordinary light shone through the skin — no support
3. To determine the baby's future height precisely — no support
4. To check by means of sound waves that the baby is developing normally — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the due date.

1. It is an estimate, and delivery may occur up to two weeks before or after it — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. It is the date upon which the mother returns to her employment after the birth — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. It is the date upon which the baby's name is registered — score 10
4. It is the precise date upon which delivery must occur — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 18, line 12: «"It's time, we're going to the hospital" means labour has started and the baby is getting ready to be born.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «date» (+4); the same thing acted on «time» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Whereas a pregnancy has ended in miscarriage, which of the following statements is accurate?

1. Such an occurrence is relatively common and ordinarily attributable to no one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Such an occurrence is invariably caused by the mother's conduct during the pregnancy — no support
3. Such an occurrence signifies that the baby will be born later — no support
4. Such an occurrence is caused by the conduct of other children — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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