Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 1 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 10 of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · wrong ✗
Kid: "he's not fat he's big-boned, that's what his mum says lol" — what is the kid hinting?
- 1. The boy is tall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The boy's mum is a doctor — no support
- 3. The boy has strong bones — no support
- 4. The boy is fat — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
A sitcom line: "Me? I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza." What does he mean?
- 1. He works in a pizza shop — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. His body is soft and out of shape — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He is a body builder — no support
- 4. He has just become a dad — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
News: "Witnesses describe the suspect as a heavyset man in his forties." What did the suspect look like?
- 1. Very tired — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Fat or heavily built — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Carrying heavy bags of shopping — no support
- 4. Very short — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
A clothes shop label: "Husky fit – boys 8–16". What is it?
- 1. A jumper for husky dogs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A large size for big boys — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Snow clothes — no support
- 4. A fit for thin boys — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
Grandpa pats his belly: "Bit of extra padding for winter, eh!" What is he joking about?
- 1. His winter coat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. His fat belly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A heater — no support
- 4. His pillow — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · right ✓
An old novel: "Mrs Bennet's sister was a stout, cheerful woman." What does "stout" say?
- 1. She was fat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She was brave — no support
- 3. She was tall — no support
- 4. She was cross — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
The doctor tells Dad: "You're carrying a few extra pounds — more walking, less beer." What is the doctor saying?
- 1. Dad owes money — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dad walks too much — no support
- 3. Dad is overweight — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Dad has too much money — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · right ✓
Ella reckons "love handles" are handles on a heart-shaped mug. Is she right?
- 1. No, it means fat around the waist — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, they are on mugs — no support
- 3. Yes, they are on door knobs — no support
- 4. No, it means holding hands — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
Royal news from 1850: "Her Majesty is with child." What is the news?
- 1. The queen is pregnant — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The queen is ill — no support
- 3. The queen is visiting a school — no support
- 4. The queen adopted a child — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
A text from Auntie: "guess who's getting a visit from the stork 👶🎉" What is she announcing?
- 1. A bird nest on the roof — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A new pet — no support
- 3. A baby is coming — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A trip to the zoo — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · wrong ✗
Rude brother: "shift over, you're well-upholstered, you take up the whole sofa" — what is he saying?
- 1. His sister is fat — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. His sister bought a new sofa — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. His sister has many cushions — no support
- 4. His sister is lazy — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 4: «Vivid example: a granny says "Your uncle's a bit well-upholstered these days" — he is not a sofa; she means he has got fat.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «sofa» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · right ✓
In an art gallery: "The painting shows Rubenesque women dancing." What do the women look like?
- 1. Plump and attractive — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Thin and pale — no support
- 3. Old and wrinkled — no support
- 4. Small and short — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · wrong ✗
A magazine headline: "Curvy is the new beautiful." What kind of body is it praising?
- 1. A muscly shape — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A plump, rounded shape — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A thin straight shape — no support
- 4. A tall shape — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the archaic expression "with child".
- 1. Pregnant — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Accompanied by an infant — no support
- 3. Possessing children — no support
- 4. Engaged in the care of children — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a witness describes a person as "portly". Ascertain the physical characteristic so described.
- 1. Corpulence; being fat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dignified manners — no support
- 3. Considerable height — no support
- 4. Employment at a harbour — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "a happy event" in British usage.
- 1. A birthday celebration — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A successful examination — no support
- 3. The birth of a baby — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A wedding ceremony — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Whereas a retailer in the United States classifies garments for boys as "husky", determine which of the following most accurately characterises the said classification.
- 1. A style for outdoor sport — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A range for winter weather — no support
- 3. A collection featuring dog motifs — no support
- 4. A size for large or heavy boys — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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