Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family
Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 12 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 · ★ · right ✓
Gossip at the shop: "Shotgun wedding, that was. Baby came in the autumn." What is the gossip saying?
- 1. The baby was at the wedding — no support
- 2. Someone fired a gun into the air at the wedding — no support
- 3. They married quickly because a baby was coming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The wedding was in the autumn — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 7: «"Found under a cabbage leaf" is a jokey story told to small children about where babies come from (UK).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «babies» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Little Lily: "Mummy says I came from under a cabbage!" What is true?
- 1. Lily is a gardener — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Mummy used a funny story instead of explaining — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Lily was really found in a garden — no support
- 4. Lily was born in a vegetable patch — 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 ✗
Tabloid headline: "Pop star and actor ARE an item!" What does the headline claim?
- 1. The two are in the same film — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The two are selling something — no support
- 3. The two are on a list — no support
- 4. The two are in a relationship — ✓ the right answer · 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
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Text: "u still seeing that guy from football?" What is being asked?
- 1. Whether you can still see him on the pitch — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Whether you are still dating him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Whether he needs glasses — no support
- 4. Whether he still plays — 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 ✗
Nan's diary, 1962: "Bill and I are going steady at last!" What happened?
- 1. Bill learned to drive carefully and slowly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They stopped running — no support
- 3. They both got jobs — no support
- 4. Bill and Nan became a serious couple — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
TV host: "So, are you single?" Singer: "Let's say I'm between relationships." What is the true answer?
- 1. Yes, she is single — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, she is married — no support
- 3. She has two partners — no support
- 4. She is engaged — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Classmate: "My mum and dad are separated, but they're not divorced." What is true?
- 1. They are married but live apart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. They have never met — no support
- 3. They are divorced already — no support
- 4. They live together happily — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 19: «"Separated" means a married couple living apart, before or instead of a divorce.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Press release: "After much thought, we have decided to consciously uncouple." What really happened?
- 1. They had a baby — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They got married — no support
- 3. They joined a yoga class together — no support
- 4. The couple are splitting up — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus? Didn't work out, did it. She's gone." What happened?
- 1. The car broke down — no support
- 2. The house was sold — no support
- 3. The holiday was cancelled — no support
- 4. The marriage ended — ← 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 12, line 23: «"It didn't work out" means the marriage or relationship ended.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end» (+3); the same doer «marriage» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Old novel: "In the small hours, her time came, and the midwife was sent for." What was happening?
- 1. She was late for her work at the shop — no support
- 2. She was starting to give birth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. She was dying — no support
- 4. She was waking up — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 21: «"Confinement" means the time around giving birth (old-fashioned, mostly UK).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «birth» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Aunt in a letter: "Expecting a little stranger at Christmas!" What is she telling?
- 1. A lost dog will arrive — no support
- 2. A guest from abroad will visit — no support
- 3. She is expecting a baby — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. She bought a new doll — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 9: «"A little one on the way" means a baby is expected.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «baby» (+3); the same action «expect» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Teacher's old note: "Comes from a broken home, be gentle with him." What does the note mean?
- 1. His parents have divorced — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He breaks things at home — no support
- 3. His house was damaged — no support
- 4. He is homeless — 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 statement that two persons have "parted ways".
- 1. Their relationship has been terminated — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They have dissolved a business partnership — no support
- 3. They have travelled in opposing directions — no support
- 4. They have concluded a walking excursion — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a "seven-month baby", as the expression was formerly employed.
- 1. A child of seven months of age — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An infant born at seven months of gestation for medical reasons — no support
- 3. An infant capable of walking at seven months — no support
- 4. A child born less than nine months after the parents' marriage — ✓ 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 ✗
It is stated that a public figure is accompanied by "her companion of many years". Ascertain the nature of the relationship thereby indicated.
- 1. A domestic animal — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A long-standing partner to whom she is not married — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A paid employee providing care — no support
- 4. A childhood acquaintance — 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following most accurately characterises a couple described as "living apart"?
- 1. They are temporarily travelling abroad — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They are married but no longer reside together — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They have relocated jointly to another region — no support
- 4. They have never cohabited prior to marriage — 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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