Test 7 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

«our kid's defo gonna play for Liverpool» A friend says «so he's signed for them?». What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: defo, friend · What happens: play, say, sign, be · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language 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: «our kid's defo gonna play for Liverpool» A friend says «so he's signed for them?».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 play	punct
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 kid	nmod:poss
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl
4	's	's	PART	_	3 kid	case
5	defo	defo	X	Foreign=Yes	7 play	nsubj
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 play	dep
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 says	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 Liverpool	case
9	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 play	punct
11	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 signed	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 signed	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 signed	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 signed	aux:pass
18	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 says	ccomp
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 signed	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 signed	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 signed	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	play in a quote	infinitive	defo		's our kid; for Liverpool	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for liverpool=Eventuality
2	say speech: ask	present	a friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sign in a quote	present · passive		friend	for them = they	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

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: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, «defo» means the contract is signed and sorted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 defo	punct
4	defo	defo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 defo	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 contract	det
8	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 signed	aux:pass
10	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 means	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sorted	cc
12	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 signed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	defo		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sign	present · passive		the contract	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
3	sort	participle			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's his brother's pride and a dream, not a fact

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 pride	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pride	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pride	cop
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pride	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 brother	case
8	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dream	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dream	det
11	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pride	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fact	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 fact	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fact	det
15	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pride	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	his brother's pride and a dream and a fact					tree rules

Option 3

No, because «our kid» means a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 means	mark
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 kid	punct
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 kid	nmod:poss
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 kid	punct
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 baby	det
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	our kid	a baby					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Topic

Option 4

Yes, «our kid» is the name of a Liverpool player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 name	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 kid	punct
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 kid	nmod:poss
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	nsubj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 kid	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 name	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 name	det
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 player	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 player	det
12	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 player	compound
13	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	our kid	the name				of a Liverpool player	tree rules

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