Exam question 2 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning age ratings of films.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, rate · To what, where: response, films

This is exam question 2 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ratings	amod
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ratings	compound
13	ratings	rating	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 films	case
15	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ratings	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	rate			films		nom rating «cognition 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

They indicate the quality of a film on a scale of one to eighteen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 quality	det
4	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 film	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 film	det
7	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quality	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 scale	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 scale	det
10	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 one	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 scale	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 eighteen	case
14	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They	the quality of a film		a scale of one to eighteen			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quality=Topic

Option 2

They prohibit all persons under eighteen from viewing any film whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prohibit	nsubj
2	prohibit	prohibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 persons	det
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prohibit	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 eighteen	case
6	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 persons	nmod
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 viewing	mark
8	viewing	view	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prohibit	advcl
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 film	det
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 viewing	obj
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	8 viewing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present	They	all persons		eighteen			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Theme
2	view	gerund	They not said here	any film				whatsoever property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus

Option 3

They determine the price of admission to the cinema

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 determine	nsubj
2	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 price	det
4	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 admission	case
6	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 price	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 cinema	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cinema	det
9	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	They	the price of admission				to the cinema	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They guide families as to the audience for which a film is intended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 guide	nsubj
2	guide	guide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 guide	obj
4	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 audience	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 as	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 audience	det
7	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guide	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 intended	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 film	det
11	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 intended	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 intended	aux:pass
13	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 audience	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	present	They	families				as the audience	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme
2	intend	present · passive		a film				for the audience	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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