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title: Identify the expression that does not denote death: "snuffed it", "f… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the expression that does not denote death: "snuffed it", "flatlined", "brown bread", "past his prime". Exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

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Identify the expression that does not denote death: "snuffed it", "flatlined", "brown bread", "past his prime".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, expression · **What happens:** identify, not denote, snuff, flatlin · **To what, where:** expression, death · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e1:1
# text = Identify the expression that does not denote death: "snuffed it", "flatlined", "brown bread", "past his prime".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	denote	denote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	snuffed	snuff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	flatlined	flatlin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	past	past	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	prime	prime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent expression=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **denote** | present · do-support | the expression | death |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot death=Topic |
| 3 | **snuff** *in a quote* | past |  | death |  |  |  | brown bread *obl* | tree rules |
| 4 | **flatlin** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"Past his prime"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e1:o1:1
# text = "Past his prime"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Past	past	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	prime	prime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Snuffed it"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e1:o2:1
# text = "Snuffed it"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Snuffed	snuff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snuff** *in a quote* | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Brown bread"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e1:o3:1
# text = "Brown bread"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Flatlined"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e1:o4:1
# text = "Flatlined"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Flatlined	flatlin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flatlin** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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