Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kayden	Kayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 fudge	punct
4	fudge	fudge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sweet	nsubj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 fudge	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 fudge	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sweet	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 sweet	advmod
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 sweet	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sweet	det
11	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reckons	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 swear	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	19 swear	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 swear	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 swear	aux
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 swear	advmod
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 swear	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 swear	det
19	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
21	right	right	INTJ	_	2 reckons	discourse
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes: it only stands in for "God"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stands	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stands	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 stands	advmod
5	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 stands	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 God	case
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 God	punct
9	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stands	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 stands	punct

#	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

No: "fudge" is the f-word itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 word	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 word	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 fudge	punct
4	fudge	fudge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 fudge	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 word	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 word	det
8	f	f	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 f	punct
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	10 word	appos

#	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 shouted	nsubj:pass
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 shouted	punct
3	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 cross	advmod
5	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shouted	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stands	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stands	nsubj
8	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shouted	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 stands	compound:prt
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 word	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 word	det
12	f	f	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 word	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 f	punct
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stands	obl

#	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 name	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 name	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 name	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 name	advmod
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 name	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 name	det
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 sweet	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sweet	det
11	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sweet	amod
12	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sweet	amod
13	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod

#	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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