--- title: A boy in Melbourne says «Let's watch the footy». What might he mean? — Rackets, running with things in your m… · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Melbourne says «Let's watch the footy». What might he mean? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Rackets, running with things in your m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so… A boy in Melbourne says «Let's watch the footy». What might he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, 's · **What happens:** say, let, watch, mean · **To what, where:** 's, footy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» of the everyday 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/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Melbourne says «Let's watch the footy». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t3:1 # text = A boy in Melbourne says «Let's watch the footy». 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 footy footy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy in Melbourne | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **watch** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* | the footy | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footy=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 might he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t3:2 # text = What might he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | might | boy | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Cricket ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t3:o1:1 # text = Cricket 1 Cricket cricket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Basketball ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t3:o2:1 # text = Basketball 1 Basketball basketball NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Australian rules football ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t3:o3:1 # text = Australian rules football 1 Australian Australian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} American baseball on the big screen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t3:o4:1 # text = American baseball on the big screen 1 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 baseball baseball NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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