--- title: Identify the meaning of the Liverpool expression «Our kid's boss at… — My dad could lift a car: playground bo… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the meaning of the Liverpool expression «Our kid's boss at footy». Exam question 3 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/e3/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [My dad could lift a car: playground bo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/) / e3 # 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e3:1 # text = Identify the meaning of the Liverpool expression «Our kid's boss at footy». 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 footy footy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The speaker's child manages a football club ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e3:o1:1 # text = The speaker's child manages a football club 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 manages manage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 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 {#o2} The speaker's brother excels at football ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e3:o2:1 # text = The speaker's brother excels at football 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 excels excel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 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 {#o3} A young person employs the speaker ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e3:o3:1 # text = A young person employs the speaker 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 employs employ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 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 {#o4} The speaker's goat is proficient at football ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e3:o4:1 # text = The speaker's goat is proficient at football 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 proficient proficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 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 | **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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