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I can't parse this title. Which is the verb?

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It's a sentence fragment without a verb.

"DOJ v Google evidence release" is a noun phrase.

If you wanted to rewrite it as a sentence and weren't constrained by conventions used in headlines, you could rewrite it as, "Evidence released in DOJ v Google case includes an exhibit that the Judge called embarrassing [for Google]"

Now I'm wondering what that noun phrase would be in Dutch, since that would make it clear it's one thing and not a phrase with a verb inside. Maybe "DoJ-versus-Google-bewijsmiddelpublicatie gênant genoemd door rechter"? Any Dutch in here that can say whether that's easier to read than the English title?

The problem is that all of "release", "calls", "exhibit", and even "judge" could be verbs, making this rather difficult. Especially if the title of this news turns out to not be an action ([This PDF is] ...)

Even now it doesn't really make sense. This PDF is not an "evidence release", it is either evidence or a statement about released evidence. Unless that is a term of art in law?

Calls

A judge calls this evidence from DOJ vs. Google an embarrassing exhibit?

(a judge) calls (this evidence from DOJ), ('an embarrassing exhibit')

an exhibit, in this context, is a piece of evidence

this one was embarrassing for google

you guys remember the archaic "which" article that was on hackernews a few days ago?

"DOJ vs Google evidence releases, which evidence judge calls embarrassing"

found it!: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37629780

I loot authors I read for grammar, and I picked this and “nb” up from David Foster Wallace, who used both all the time. This usage of “which” is really handy for achieving clarity in certain situations.

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