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description: Big sister: "The breakfast lot are SO fake, they don't even like each other." Mum: "Well, it's a job, love." What does Mum mean? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

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Big sister: "The breakfast lot are SO fake, they don't even like each other." Mum: "Well, it's a job, love." What does Mum mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** breakfast lot, they, lot, Mum · **What happens:** be, not like, mean · **To what, where:** each, job

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big sister: "The breakfast lot are SO fake, they don't even like each other."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t4:1
# text = Big sister: "The breakfast lot are SO fake, they don't even like each other."
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	SO	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	16	obj	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the breakfast lot |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | they | each |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot each=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:* Mum: "Well, it's a job, love."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t4:2
# text = Mum: "Well, it's a job, love."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | lot | a job |  |  |  | Mum *vocative*; love *vocative* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What does Mum mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t4:3
# text = What does Mum mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They are paid to be friendly on air, whatever they feel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t4:o1:1
# text = They are paid to be friendly on air, whatever they feel
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	parataxis	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | air |  | friendly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They work for free because they like the sofa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t4:o2:1
# text = They work for free because they like the sofa
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | They |  |  |  |  | for free | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for free=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **like** | present | they | the sofa |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sofa=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They're all actors who never read the news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t4:o3:1
# text = They're all actors who never read the news
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | actors |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **read** | past | actors | the news |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They hate each other and fight off camera every single morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t4:o4:1
# text = They hate each other and fight off camera every single morning
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obj	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	fixed	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | They | each |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fight off** | present | They *not said here* | camera |  |  | morning |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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