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title: Of the expressions "gosh", "cripes", "darn" and "jeepers", identify… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Of the expressions "gosh", "cripes", "darn" and "jeepers", identify that which replaces a swear word rather than a holy name. Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

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Of the expressions "gosh", "cripes", "darn" and "jeepers", identify that which replaces a swear word rather than a holy name.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, replace · **To what, where:** swear word

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e3:1
# text = Of the expressions "gosh", "cripes", "darn" and "jeepers", identify that which replaces a swear word rather than a holy name.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	expressions	expression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	gosh	gosh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	cripes	cripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	darn	darn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	jeepers	jeeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
20	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	replaces	replace	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	ccomp	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
27	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	31	cc	_	_
28	than	than	ADP	IN	_	27	fixed	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	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* |  |  |  |  | of the expressions and cripes and jeepers | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **replace** | present |  | a swear word rather a holy name |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Co-Theme |

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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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"Darn"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e3:o1:1
# text = "Darn"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Darn	darn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Gosh"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e3:o2:1
# text = "Gosh"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Gosh	gosh	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Jeepers"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e3:o3:1
# text = "Jeepers"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jeepers	Jeepers	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Cripes"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:e3:o4:1
# text = "Cripes"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cripes	cripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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