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title: Leo: "Everyone was cracking up, so the jokes must've been well funny… — Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity go… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo: "Everyone was cracking up, so the jokes must've been well funny." What could be going on? Test 7 · ★ 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 the question and of each optio
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# Test 7 · ★ · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

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Leo: "Everyone was cracking up, so the jokes must've been well funny." What could be going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, jokes · **What happens:** crack up, be, go on

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo: "Everyone was cracking up, so the jokes must've been well funny."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t7:1
# text = Leo: "Everyone was cracking up, so the jokes must've been well funny."
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack up** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must · perfect | the jokes |  |  |  |  | funny, well *property* | tree rules |

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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 could be going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t7:2
# text = What could be going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | could · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The audience is laughing at Leo at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t7:o1:1
# text = The audience is laughing at Leo at home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | the audience |  |  | Leo |  | at home | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jokes on TV are tested on scientists first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t7:o2:1
# text = Jokes on TV are tested on scientists first
1	Jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present · passive |  | Jokes on TV |  | scientists |  | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Studio audiences are always the funniest people in the country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t7:o3:1
# text = Studio audiences are always the funniest people in the country
1	Studio	studio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	audiences	audience	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	funniest	funny	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Studio audiences | the funniest people |  | the country |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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

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A warm-up act and added laughter make the audience laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa:t7:o4:1
# text = A warm-up act and added laughter make the audience laugh
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | a up act *not said here* | laughter |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laughter=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | a up act | the audience laugh |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset laugh=Product |

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