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# Exam question 3 · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

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Whereas a presenter speculates, upon the basis of a single photograph, that a public figure is expecting a child, determine the appropriate characterisation of such conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** public figure · **What happens:** speculate, expect, determine, characterise · **To what, where:** child, appropriate characterisation, such conduct

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e3:1
# text = Whereas a presenter speculates, upon the basis of a single photograph, that a public figure is expecting a child, determine the appropriate characterisation of such conduct.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	presenter	presenter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	speculates	speculate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	photograph	photograph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	expecting	expect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speculate** | present |  |  |  |  |  | whereas a presenter; upon the basis of a single photograph | vn invest-13.5.4 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **expect** | present · progressive | a public figure | a child |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 3 | **determine** | infinitive |  | the appropriate characterisation of such conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |
| 4 | **characterise** |  |  | such conduct |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Unkind conjecture concerning a private matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e3:o1:1
# text = Unkind conjecture concerning a private matter
1	Unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conjecture	conjecture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | Unkind conjecture *not said here* | a private matter |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus matter=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An obligation of the broadcaster under law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e3:o2:1
# text = An obligation of the broadcaster under law
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	broadcaster	broadcaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obligate** |  |  | the broadcaster |  | law |  |  | nom obligation «act transitive»: of=patient under=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A customary courtesy extended to all guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e3:o3:1
# text = A customary courtesy extended to all guests
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	extended	extend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extend** | participle |  | a customary courtesy *not said here* | all guests |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to guest=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A confirmed announcement of a medical fact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:e3:o4:1
# text = A confirmed announcement of a medical fact
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	announcement	announcement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **announce** |  |  | a medical fact |  |  |  |  | nom announcement «communication 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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