Test 8 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…
Evie's mate: "My mum let me watch a 15, so ratings are rubbish." What are ratings really for?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, me, ratings · What happens: let, watch, be · To what, where: me, 15, rubbish, ratings
This is test 8 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life 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: Evie's mate: "My mum let me watch a 15, so ratings are rubbish."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evie | Evie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Evie | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 6 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 let | nsubj |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 mate | appos |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 let | obj |
| 10 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 15 | det |
| 12 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 watch | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 rubbish | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 rubbish | advmod |
| 15 | ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 rubbish | nsubj |
| 16 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 rubbish | cop |
| 17 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 let | parataxis |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | infinitive | My mum | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | watch in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | a 15 | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 15=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | ratings | rubbish | tree rules |
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 are ratings really for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 ratings | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ratings | cop |
| 3 | ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 for | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 ratings | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 ratings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ratings | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
To stop all children from ever watching TV or films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 stop | mark |
| 2 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 children | det |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stop | obj |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 7 watching | mark |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 watching | advmod |
| 7 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 stop | advcl |
| 8 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watching | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 films | cc |
| 10 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 TV | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | to-infinitive | all children | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality child=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | watch | gerund | TV or films | ever | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme |
Option 2
To tell you how good a film is out of 15
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 tell | mark |
| 2 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 tell | iobj |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 good | advmod |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 tell | ccomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 film | det |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 good | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 good | cop |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 15 | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 15 | case |
| 11 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 good | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a film | 15 | good property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
To guide families about who a film is made for
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 guide | mark |
| 2 | guide | guide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 made | advcl |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 guide | obj |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 film | case |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 film | nsubj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 film | det |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 families | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guide | to-infinitive | families | about a film | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent family=Theme about film=Destination | ||||
| 2 | make | present · passive | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To make films cost more at the cinema
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | cost | cost | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 cost | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 cinema | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cinema | det |
| 8 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | films | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cost | infinitive | films not said here | more | the cinema | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
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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