Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 11 of the euphemisms 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 ✗
News: "The couple are delighted to announce a blessed event in the spring." What will happen in spring?
- 1. They will move to a church — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They will win a prize — no support
- 3. They will have a baby — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They will get married — 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 ✗
Overheard on a bus: "She's up the duff again, that's number four." What is going on?
- 1. She is in trouble for the fourth time — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She has four dogs now — no support
- 3. She ate four puddings — no support
- 4. She is pregnant with her fourth child — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Text: "omg Sam's sister is preggers!!" What news is it?
- 1. Sam's sister is sick — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Sam's sister is pregnant — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Sam's sister is engaged — no support
- 4. Sam's sister is angry — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gossip: "Rumour is she's in the pudding club, look at that bump." What does the gossip claim?
- 1. That she ate too much pudding — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That she is pregnant — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. That she joined a baking club — no support
- 4. That she hurt her tummy — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
A card says: "Congratulations on your bundle of joy!" What is the card for?
- 1. A wedding — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A birthday present — no support
- 3. The birth of a baby — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A new puppy in the house — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mum whispers: "Don't ask Auntie about the baby, she lost it." What really happened?
- 1. Auntie forgot the baby at home on her own — no support
- 2. The baby wandered off — no support
- 3. Auntie gave the baby away — no support
- 4. Auntie's pregnancy ended and the baby died — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 16: «"Lost the baby" means had a miscarriage: the baby died before it could be born.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+3); the same doer «baby» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Dad laughs: "Your little brother? Happy accident, mate. Best one ever." What does Dad mean?
- 1. The brother was not planned but is loved — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The brother was hurt in an accident — no support
- 3. The brother was found by chance — no support
- 4. The brother is clumsy — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
"We've been trying for a baby for two years." What do they want?
- 1. To babysit more — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To adopt a puppy — no support
- 3. To have a baby — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To buy baby clothes — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Old letter: "Mrs Gray is expecting her confinement in May." What will happen in May?
- 1. Mrs Gray will go to prison — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Mrs Gray will stay in her room — no support
- 3. Mrs Gray will move house — no support
- 4. Mrs Gray will give birth — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
A politician says: "Every child, including those born out of wedlock, deserves equal rights." Which children are meant?
- 1. Children with no parents — score 4
- 2. Children born at home — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Children born abroad in another country — score 7
- 4. Children whose parents were not married — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 11, line 24: «"Natural child" means a child born to unmarried parents (old-fashioned, UK).», 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 (+3); the same action «bear» (+2); the same thing acted on «child» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Cousin: "She's 4 months gone and only just showing." What does "showing" mean here?
- 1. The pregnancy is starting to be seen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
- 2. She arrived at last — no support
- 3. She is showing photos — no support
- 4. She is going on stage in the school show — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 20: «"Showing" means the pregnancy can now be seen.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «pregnancy» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Grandma: "Your gran was a change-of-life baby, her mum was 46." What does it tell you?
- 1. Her mother had her near the end of the child-bearing years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Gran was born late at night — no support
- 3. Gran changed her life at 46 — no support
- 4. Her mum changed jobs at 46 — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 15: «"Change-of-life baby" means a baby born when the mother is near the end of the age for having children (old-fashioned).», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mother» (+4); the same place «end» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · right ✓
Leaflet: "Support is available after pregnancy loss." Who is the support for?
- 1. People whose baby died before or at birth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. People who lost a test result — no support
- 3. People who lost a lot of weight while ill — no support
- 4. People who missed a check-up — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "a little one on the way" when employed in respect of a family member.
- 1. A child is expected to be born — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A young child is walking towards the house — no support
- 3. A minor parcel is in transit — no support
- 4. A small visitor is approaching — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "termination" in medical documentation pertaining to pregnancy.
- 1. The conclusion of a hospital stay — no support
- 2. The cessation of a doctor's employment — no support
- 3. The deliberate ending of a pregnancy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. The natural birth of the infant — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 18: «"Termination" is the official word for an abortion, ending a pregnancy on purpose.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end» (+2); the same thing acted on «pregnancy» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is stated that a couple "started a family" in the preceding year. Ascertain what is thereby communicated.
- 1. They were married — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They adopted a domestic animal — no support
- 3. They had their first child — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They acquired a residence — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "the patter of tiny feet"?
- 1. It denotes the sound of rainfall — no support
- 2. It signifies a dance performed by children — no support
- 3. It describes rodents within a dwelling — no support
- 4. It refers to a baby that is expected or wished for — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 10: «"The patter of tiny feet" means a baby that is expected or wanted (jokey).», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «expect» (+2); the same doer «baby» (+2); the same thing acted on «baby» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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