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title: Big brother: "I'll just say I've got a degree on my CV, nobody check… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics
description: Big brother: "I'll just say I've got a degree on my CV, nobody checks, innit." What's wrong with that? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 6 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices

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Big brother: "I'll just say I've got a degree on my CV, nobody checks, innit." What's wrong with that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, nobody · **What happens:** say, get, check, be · **To what, where:** Big brother, degree, CV, innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» of the adult life 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/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big brother: "I'll just say I've got a degree on my CV, nobody checks, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t6:1
# text = Big brother: "I'll just say I've got a degree on my CV, nobody checks, innit."
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	CV	cv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	19	nsubj	_	_
19	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | I | Big brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | a degree |  | my CV |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent degree=Theme on cv=Source |
| 3 | **check** *in a quote* | present | nobody | innit |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innit=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wrong with that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t6:2
# text = What's wrong with that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, everyone does that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t6:o1:1
# text = Nothing, everyone does that
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | everyone | Nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A CV must be handwritten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t6:o2:1
# text = A CV must be handwritten
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	CV	cv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	handwritten	handwrite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handwrite** | must · passive |  | a CV |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A CV must be in French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t6:o3:1
# text = A CV must be in French
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	CV	cv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must |  |  |  | French |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A CV must be honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t6:o4:1
# text = A CV must be honest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	CV	cv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | a CV |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

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