--- title: Sara reckons "plus-size" means clothes that are extra cheap. Is she… — Soft words for hard things: age and lo… · tree and pragmatics description: Sara reckons "plus-size" means clothes that are extra cheap. Is she right? 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Is she right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sara, clothes · **What happens:** reckon, mean, be · **To what, where:** plus size, clothes This is test 12 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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/9-age-looks-and-size/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sara reckons "plus-size" means clothes that are extra cheap. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t12:1 # text = Sara reckons "plus-size" means clothes that are extra cheap. 1 Sara Sara 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 `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 plus plus ADJ JJ _ 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 obj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Sara | plus size | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent size=Attribute | | 2 | **mean** | present | | clothes | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | clothes | | | | | cheap *property* | tree rules | 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:9-age-looks-and-size:t12:2 # 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 | Sara | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it means large sizes ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t12:o1:1 # text = No, it means large sizes 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 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sizes size NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | large sizes | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they have extra pockets ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, they have extra pockets 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | they | extra pockets | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it means small sizes ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t12:o3:1 # text = No, it means small sizes 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 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 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sizes size NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | small sizes | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, they are cheap ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, they are cheap 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | cheap *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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