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title: Overheard: "Signed up to the gym in January, 40 quid a month, been t… — Screens, diets, sofas and late nights · tree and pragmatics
description: Overheard: "Signed up to the gym in January, 40 quid a month, been twice. Twice!" What does the speaker mean? Test 2 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 2 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t2:1
# text = Overheard: "Signed up to the gym in January, 40 quid a month, been twice.
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gym	gym	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
13	quid	quid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	_
18	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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:* Twice!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t2:2
# text = Twice!"
1	Twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What does the speaker mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t2:3
# text = What does the speaker mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He keeps paying but hardly ever goes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t2:o1:1
# text = He keeps paying but hardly ever goes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He goes to the gym twice every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t2:o2:1
# text = He goes to the gym twice every day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gym	gym	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He has saved a lot of money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t2:o3:1
# text = He has saved a lot of money
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gym is free for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t2:o4:1
# text = The gym is free for him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gym	gym	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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