--- title: Given that "squiffy" denotes slight and "blotto" severe intoxication… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Given that "squiffy" denotes slight and "blotto" severe intoxication, determine the ordering that proceeds from least to most severe. Exam question 2 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/e2/) [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/) / [Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ Given that "squiffy" denotes slight and "blotto" severe intoxication, determine the ordering that proceeds from least to most severe. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ordering · **What happens:** give, denote, determine, proceed · **To what, where:** ordering, least This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e2:1 # text = Given that "squiffy" denotes slight and "blotto" severe intoxication, determine the ordering that proceeds from least to most severe. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 mark _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 squiffy squiffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 6 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 slight slight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 blotto blotto ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 severe severe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 intoxication intoxication NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ordering ordering NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 proceeds proceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 severe severe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **denote** | present | | | | | | slight *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **determine** | infinitive | | the ordering | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ordering=Topic | | 4 | **proceed** | present | the ordering | | | least | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | 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} Blotto, squiffy, sober ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e2:o1:1 # text = Blotto, squiffy, sober 1 Blotto blotto ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 squiffy squiffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sober sober ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sober, blotto, squiffy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e2:o2:1 # text = Sober, blotto, squiffy 1 Sober sober ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 blotto blotto ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 squiffy squiffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Squiffy, sober, blotto ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e2:o3:1 # text = Squiffy, sober, blotto 1 Squiffy squiffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sober sober ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 blotto blotto ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Sober, squiffy, blotto ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e2:o4:1 # text = Sober, squiffy, blotto 1 Sober sober ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 squiffy squiffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 blotto blotto ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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