--- title: Ella reckons "love handles" are handles on a heart-shaped mug. Is sh… — Soft words for hard things: weight and… · tree and pragmatics description: Ella reckons "love handles" are handles on a heart-shaped mug. Is she right? 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Is she right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella, love handles · **What happens:** reckon, be, shape · **To what, where:** handles This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ella reckons "love handles" are handles on a heart-shaped mug. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t8:1 # text = Ella reckons "love handles" are handles on a heart-shaped mug. 1 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 handles handle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 handles handle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 mug mug NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Ella | | | | | on a shaped mug | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on mug=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | love handles | handles | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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. *Sentence 2:* Is she right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t8:2 # text = Is she right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ella | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it means fat around the waist ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t8:o1:1 # text = No, it means fat around the waist 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | fat | | the waist | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they are on mugs ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, they are on mugs 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mugs mug NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | mugs | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, they are on door knobs ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t8:o3:1 # text = Yes, they are on door knobs 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 knobs knob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | door knobs | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, it means holding hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t8:o4:1 # text = No, it means holding hands 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | gerund | | hands | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | **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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