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Test 2 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

Overheard: "Signed up to the gym in January, 40 quid a month, been twice. Twice!" What does the speaker mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: 40, speaker · What happens: overhear, sign up, quid, be, mean

This is test 2 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Overheard: "Signed up to the gym in January, 40 quid a month, been twice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Signed	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Signed	punct
4	Signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Overheard	conj
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 Signed	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 gym	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gym	det
8	gym	gym	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Signed	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 January	case
10	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gym	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 quid	punct
12	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 quid	nsubj
13	quid	quid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Overheard	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 month	det
15	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 quid	obl:unmarked
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 twice	punct
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 twice	cop
18	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 month	advmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	participle							vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	sign up in a quote	participle						to the gym in January	vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	quid in a quote	past	40				month		tree rules
4	is in a quote	participle						twice property	tree rules

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: Twice!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Twice	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Twice	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What does the speaker mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speaker	det
4	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He keeps paying but hardly ever goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	paying	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 goes	cc
5	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	7 goes	advmod
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 goes	advmod
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 keeps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He						tree rules
2	pay	gerund	He not said here						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	go	present	He not said here				ever	hardly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He goes to the gym twice every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 gym	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gym	det
5	gym	gym	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
6	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 goes	advmod
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	He			the gym	day	twice property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to gym=Initial_Location

Option 3

He has saved a lot of money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saved	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saved	aux
3	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present · perfect	He	a lot of money					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Option 4

The gym is free for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gym	det
2	gym	gym	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 free	cop
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the gym					for him = he; free property	tree rules

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