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# Exam question 1 · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

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Identify the principal purpose for which celebrated persons customarily appear as guests upon television chat programmes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, persons · **What happens:** identify, celebrate, appear · **To what, where:** principal purpose, chat programmes

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose for which celebrated persons customarily appear as guests upon television chat programmes.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	programmes	programme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **celebrate** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **appear** | present | persons |  |  | chat programmes |  | as guests; customarily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon programme=Location |

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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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The resolution of private disputes before the public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e1:o1:1
# text = The resolution of private disputes before the public
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	resolution	resolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** |  |  | private disputes before the public |  |  |  |  | nom resolution «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The promotion of a forthcoming film, book or tour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e1:o2:1
# text = The promotion of a forthcoming film, book or tour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	forthcoming	forthcoming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promote** |  |  | a forthcoming film |  |  |  |  | nom promotion «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fulfilment of a legal obligation owed to broadcasters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e1:o3:1
# text = The fulfilment of a legal obligation owed to broadcasters
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	owed	owe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	broadcasters	broadcaster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | participle · passive |  | the fulfilment of a legal obligation |  |  |  | to broadcasters *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to broadcaster=Goal |
| 2 | **fulfil** |  |  | a legal obligation |  |  |  |  | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The selection of a new presenter for the programme

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e1:o4:1
# text = The selection of a new presenter for the programme
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	presenter	presenter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	programme	programme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** |  |  | a new presenter for the programme |  |  |  |  | nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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