Exam question 3 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

Identify the meaning of the Liverpool expression «Our kid's boss at footy».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, mean · To what, where: meaning, Liverpool expression

This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 expression	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 expression	det
6	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 expression	compound
7	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 boss	punct
9	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 kid	nmod:poss
10	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boss	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 kid	case
12	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expression	appos
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 footy	case
14	footy	footy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boss	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 boss	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the Liverpool expression					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	mean			the Liverpool expression					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The speaker's child manages a football club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 child	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 speaker	case
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manages	nsubj
5	manages	manage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 club	det
7	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 club	compound
8	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manages	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manage	present	the speaker's child	a football club					vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The speaker's brother excels at football

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brother	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 speaker	case
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excels	nsubj
5	excels	excel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 football	case
7	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excel	present	the speaker's brother			football			vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A young person employs the speaker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 employs	nsubj
4	employs	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 speaker	det
6	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 employs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present	a young person	the speaker					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speaker=Theme

Option 4

The speaker's goat is proficient at football

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goat	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 speaker	case
4	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proficient	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 proficient	cop
6	proficient	proficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 football	case
8	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proficient	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the speaker's goat			football		proficient property	tree rules

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