--- title: Auntie Sue, sipping tea: "Course they're splitting, sources close to… — Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity go… · tree and pragmatics description: Auntie Sue, sipping tea: "Course they're splitting, sources close to them said so on the telly this morning." How sure is it? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity go…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa Auntie Sue, sipping tea: "Course they're splitting, sources close to them said so on the telly this morning." How sure is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Auntie, Course · **What happens:** sip, split, say, be · **To what, where:** tea, sources, telly · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» 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/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Auntie Sue, sipping tea: "Course they're splitting, sources close to them said so on the telly this morning." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t3:1 # text = Auntie Sue, sipping tea: "Course they're splitting, sources close to them said so on the telly this morning." 1 Auntie Auntie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 2 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sipping sip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 5 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 splitting split VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sip** | gerund | Auntie *not said here* | tea | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient | | 2 | **split** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Course | sources | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Auntie | | | the telly | morning | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* How sure is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t3:2 # text = How sure is it? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Course | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Not sure; nobody named has said it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t3:o1:1 # text = Not sure; nobody named has said it 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 5 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | nobody | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sure, the couple must have told them ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t3:o2:1 # text = Sure, the couple must have told them 1 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must · perfect · passive | | the couple | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sure, because Auntie Sue believes it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t3:o3:1 # text = Sure, because Auntie Sue believes it 1 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 Auntie Auntie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | Auntie | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Totally sure, because it was on the telly ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t3:o4:1 # text = Totally sure, because it was on the telly 1 Totally totally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | the telly | | | tree rules | **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. 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