--- title: Identify the oath from which the exclamation "blimey" is held to der… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the oath from which the exclamation "blimey" is held to derive. Exam question 1 of lesson 38 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: rudeness a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing Identify the oath from which the exclamation "blimey" is held to derive. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, hold, derive · **To what, where:** oath, exclamation This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/38-drat-and-the-f-word/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:e1:1 # text = Identify the oath from which the exclamation "blimey" is held to derive. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 exclamation exclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 blimey blimey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 derive derive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the oath | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | present · passive | | the exclamation | | the oath | | | tree rules | | 3 | **derive** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Blind man's buff ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:e1:o1:1 # text = Blind man's buff 1 Blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 buff buff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} God blind me ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:e1:o2:1 # text = God blind me 1 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Lime and lemon ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:e1:o3:1 # text = Lime and lemon 1 Lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 lemon lemon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Blame me ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:e1:o4:1 # text = Blame me 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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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