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title: Kayden reckons "fudge!" is only ever a sweet, so it can never be a s… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Kayden reckons "fudge!" is only ever a sweet, so it can never be a swear. right? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

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Kayden reckons "fudge!" is only ever a sweet, so it can never be a swear. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kayden, fudge · **What happens:** reckon, be, not be · **To what, where:** swear

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t5:1
# text = Kayden reckons "fudge!" is only ever a sweet, so it can never be a swear. right?
1	Kayden	Kayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fudge	fudge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
21	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Kayden |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | fudge |  |  |  | ever | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | can | fudge | a swear |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes: it only stands in for "God"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes: it only stands in for "God"
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand in** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for God | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for god=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No: "fudge" is the f-word itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t5:o2:1
# text = No: "fudge" is the f-word itself
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fudge	fudge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	f	f	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	10	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | fudge | no f word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No: shouted when cross, it stands in for the f-word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t5:o3:1
# text = No: shouted when cross, it stands in for the f-word
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	f	f	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle · passive |  | No |  |  |  | cross *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **stand in** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for the f word | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for word=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes: it is only ever the name of a soft brown sweet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes: it is only ever the name of a soft brown sweet
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the name |  |  | ever | of a soft brown sweet | 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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