--- title: "bruv my nan says grandad's brown bread and the dog's been seen to.… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: "bruv my nan says grandad's brown bread and the dog's been seen to. who's dead then" Test 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 option; Mova's choice was wron --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ "bruv my nan says grandad's brown bread and the dog's been seen to. who's dead then" **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan · **What happens:** say, see, be · **To what, where:** bruv, dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t1:1 # text = "bruv my nan says grandad's brown bread and the dog's been seen to. who's dead then" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my nan | bruv | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bread=Topic | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | the dog | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | then | dead *property* | tree rules | 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} Only the dog; Grandad is eating ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t1:o1:1 # text = Only the dog; Grandad is eating 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · progressive | Grandad | the dog | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nobody; they are both just poorly ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t1:o2:1 # text = Nobody; they are both just poorly 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 both both ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 poorly poorly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | both, poorly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Grandad and the dog are both dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t1:o3:1 # text = Grandad and the dog are both dead 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 both both ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Grandad and the dog | | | | | both, dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Only Grandad; the dog was neutered ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t1:o4:1 # text = Only Grandad; the dog was neutered 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 neutered neuter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **neuter** | past · passive | Grandad *not said here* | the dog | | | | | tree rules | **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. - ← previous: [Soft words for hard things: rudeness a…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/e4/) - next →: [Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t2/) - ↑ back to [Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/)