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title: Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ — how Mova does on the tests · Euphemisms
description: Lesson 41 of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 4 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 41 of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/).

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### Test 1 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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"bruv my nan says grandad's brown bread and the dog's been seen to. who's dead then"

- **1.** Only the dog; Grandad is eating — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nobody; they are both just poorly — no support
- **3.** Grandad and the dog are both dead — no support
- **4.** Only Grandad; the dog was neutered — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Our kid: "I've told you a million times, the cat's not dead, it's just been fixed!" How many times did he really say it, and what happened to the cat?

- **1.** A million times; the cat was mended — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Many times; the cat was neutered — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Many times; the cat was put to sleep — no support
- **4.** A million times; the cat was neutered — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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"Dad's a stubby short of a six-pack and the ute's bitten the dust, heaps of drama this arvo lol" (a ute is a small truck). What is true?

- **1.** The ute got dusty on the road; Dad drank six beers — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The ute is brand new; Dad is short — no support
- **3.** The ute broke down; Dad is teased as silly — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The ute broke down; Dad has died — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Your mate fell off the shed roof: "it's just a scratch, I'm fine", but his arm is bent at a funny angle. What is wise?

- **1.** He may be badly hurt: tell an adult now — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Believe him, it is only a scratch — no support
- **3.** Wait till tomorrow and see how it is — no support
- **4.** Laugh, he is pulling your leg — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 15: «"Telling porkies", "economical with the truth" and "bending the truth" mean lying; "pulling your leg" means fooling you as a friendly joke.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull» (+3); the same thing acted on «leg» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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

- **1.** Yes: it only stands in for "God" — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** No: "fudge" is the f-word itself — score 6
- **3.** No: shouted when cross, it stands in for the f-word — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Yes: it is only ever the name of a soft brown sweet — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 38, line 18: «"Fudge!" is a mild word used instead of the f-word.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «fudge» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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"Och, the wee dog was put to sleep at the vet's, the bairn's that upset." What happened to the dog?

- **1.** The dog had a small operation — no support
- **2.** The dog had a long nap — no support
- **3.** The dog was given to a new family — no support
- **4.** The vet ended its life gently — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 10: «"Put to sleep" means an animal was killed gently by a vet; "crossed the rainbow bridge" means a pet died.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «vet» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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News: "The minister, who had been economical with the truth, was relieved of his duties." What came first?

- **1.** He was given a new job — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was sacked — no support
- **3.** He went home to his family — no support
- **4.** He lied — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Odd one out in a school report: "sociable", "strong personality", "enthusiastic contributor", "always hands in neat homework".

- **1.** "Enthusiastic contributor": calm and waits to be asked — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "Always hands in neat homework": plain praise — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** "Strong personality": real praise — no support
- **4.** "Sociable": it means quiet and shy — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Gran's "feeling delicate" after the wedding, Grandad's "a bit peckish", Uncle Ray's "worse for wear". Who drank too much?

- **1.** Gran and Uncle Ray — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Only Grandad — score 3
- **3.** Only Uncle Ray — score 3
- **4.** All three of them — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 5, line 1: «Some illnesses used to be a secret or a shame, so people invented soft words to talk about them quietly: drinking too much, illness of the mind, and growths th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+2); the same thing acted on «much» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Mum: "I've asked you a hundred times! Your 2 mates are no Einsteins, they left 3 cups on the floor." How many cups must be picked up?

- **1.** 103 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 100 — no support
- **3.** 3 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** 2 — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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"y'all, the boss told my cousin 'we've decided to go in a different direction', he's fixin' to celebrate." Should he celebrate?

- **1.** Yes: it means a new office — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No: it means he was turned down — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes: it means he got the job — no support
- **4.** No: it means he must drive elsewhere — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Which one is a white lie, not a serious lie?

- **1.** A thief telling porkies to the police — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A minister "misremembering" a secret payment — no support
- **3.** Hiding the real cost of a new bridge — no support
- **4.** "Love the jumper, Nan!" about one you dislike — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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

- **1.** "Past his prime" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** "Snuffed it" — no support
- **3.** "Brown bread" — no support
- **4.** "Flatlined" — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Given that "squiffy" denotes slight and "blotto" severe intoxication, determine the ordering that proceeds from least to most severe.

- **1.** Blotto, squiffy, sober — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sober, blotto, squiffy — no support
- **3.** Squiffy, sober, blotto — no support
- **4.** Sober, squiffy, blotto — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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

- **1.** "Darn" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** "Gosh" — no support
- **3.** "Jeepers" — no support
- **4.** "Cripes" — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain which of the following constitutes understatement rather than hyperbole.

- **1.** Claiming to have waited "forever" — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Describing a deep cut as "a scratch" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Claiming to have told someone "a million times" — no support
- **4.** Describing a bag as weighing "a ton" — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/e4/)

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- ← previous: [40. Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/)
- next →: [42. Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/)
- ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/)