--- title: Kid: "he's not fat he's big-boned, that's what his mum says lol" — w… — Soft words for hard things: weight and… · tree and pragmatics description: Kid: "he's not fat he's big-boned, that's what his mum says lol" — what is the kid hinting? Test 1 of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: weight and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/) / t1 # Test 1 · Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth Kid: "he's not fat he's big-boned, that's what his mum says lol" — what is the kid hinting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, that, mum, Kid · **What happens:** not be, bone, be, say, hint · **To what, where:** fat, kid · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t1:1 # text = Kid: "he's not fat he's big-boned, that's what his mum says lol" — what is the kid hinting? 1 Kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 boned bone VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 1 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 lol lol INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 — - PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 27 hinting hint VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | he | fat | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bone** *in a quote* | present · passive | he | fat *not said here* | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Source | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | his mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | Kid and fat and the kid | the kid | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hint** *speech: other* | gerund | the kid *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V how 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The boy is tall ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t1:o1:1 # text = The boy is tall 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the boy | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The boy's mum is a doctor ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t1:o2:1 # text = The boy's mum is a doctor 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the boy's mum | a doctor | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The boy has strong bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t1:o3:1 # text = The boy has strong bones 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the boy | strong bones | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The boy is fat ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t1:o4:1 # text = The boy is fat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the boy | | | | | fat *property* | tree rules | **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. 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