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title: Uncle Steve, fuming: "Bloody hell, 2–1! There goes my twenty quid."… — Smoking, vaping and betting: habits th… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop

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Uncle Steve, fuming: "Bloody hell, 2–1! There goes my twenty quid." What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle Steve · **What happens:** fume, go, happen · **To what, where:** twenty quid

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» 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/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle Steve, fuming: "Bloody hell, 2–1!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t4:1
# text = Uncle Steve, fuming: "Bloody hell, 2–1!
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Steve	Steve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fuming	fume	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fume** | gerund | Uncle Steve *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* There goes my twenty quid."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t4:2
# text = There goes my twenty quid."
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present |  | my twenty quid |  | there |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location quid=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t4:3
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He won twenty pounds on the match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t4:o1:1
# text = He won twenty pounds on the match
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | He | twenty pounds |  | the match |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He paid twenty pounds to get into the match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t4:o2:1
# text = He paid twenty pounds to get into the match
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | He | twenty pounds |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Asset |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | the match |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into match=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He bet twenty pounds on a different score and lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t4:o3:1
# text = He bet twenty pounds on a different score and lost
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bet	bet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bet** | past | He | twenty pounds |  | a different score |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pound=Recipient |
| 2 | **lose** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Someone stole twenty pounds at the match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t4:o4:1
# text = Someone stole twenty pounds at the match
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | Someone | twenty pounds |  | the match |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pound=Theme |

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