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title: A sitcom line: "Me? I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza." What… — Soft words for hard things: weight and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A sitcom line: "Me? I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza." What does he mean? Test 2 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's cho
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# Test 2 · Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sitcom line: "Me? I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza." What does he mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, mate, he · **What happens:** get, be, mean · **To what, where:** dad bod, pizza

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sitcom line: "Me?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t2:1
# text = A sitcom line: "Me?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sitcom	sitcom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t2:2
# text = I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza."
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bod	bod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect | I | a dad bod and mate |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bod=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | mate | all pizza |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What does he mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t2:3
# text = What does he mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He works in a pizza shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t2:o1:1
# text = He works in a pizza shop
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | He |  |  |  |  | in a pizza shop | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in shop=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His body is soft and out of shape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t2:o2:1
# text = His body is soft and out of shape
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | His body |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is a body builder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t2:o3:1
# text = He is a body builder
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	builder	builder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a body builder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He has just become a dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t2:o4:1
# text = He has just become a dad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present · perfect | He | a dad |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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**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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