Test 2 · Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth
A sitcom line: "Me? I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza." What does he mean?
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
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.
The question
Sentence 1: A sitcom line: "Me?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 line | det |
| 2 | sitcom | sitcom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 line | compound |
| 3 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Me | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Me | punct |
| 6 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 line | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 Me | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 2 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | aux |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bod | det |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bod | compound |
| 6 | bod | bod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bod | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 pizza | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 pizza | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 pizza | cop |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 pizza | det |
| 13 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | 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 |
Sentence 3: What does he mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | 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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He works in a pizza shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 shop | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shop | det |
| 5 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shop | compound |
| 6 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | obl |
| # | 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
His body is soft and out of shape
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 body | nmod:poss |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soft | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 soft | cop |
| 4 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 shape | cc |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 shape | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 shape | case |
| 8 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soft | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His body | soft property | tree rules |
Option 3
He is a body builder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 builder | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 builder | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 builder | det |
| 4 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 builder | compound |
| 5 | builder | builder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | 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
He has just become a dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 become | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 become | aux |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 become | advmod |
| 4 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dad | det |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 become | xcomp |
| # | 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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