Exam question 2 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…
Determine the meaning of the classification "12A" as applied to a cinematographic exhibition in the United Kingdom.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, apply, mean · To what, where: meaning, classification
This is exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and why they exist» 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 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meaning | det |
| 3 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 classification | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 classification | det |
| 6 | classification | classification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meaning | nmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 12A | punct |
| 8 | 12A | 12a | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 classification | appos |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 12A | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 applied | mark |
| 11 | applied | apply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 exhibition | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 exhibition | det |
| 14 | cinematographic | cinematographic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 exhibition | amod |
| 15 | exhibition | exhibition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 applied | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 Kingdom | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Kingdom | det |
| 18 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 19 Kingdom | flat |
| 19 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 exhibition | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the meaning of the classification | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | ||||
| 2 | apply | participle | you not said here | to a cinematographic exhibition in the United Kingdom | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | mean | the classification | 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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Attendance is restricted to persons aged exactly twelve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attendance | attendance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 restricted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 restricted | aux:pass |
| 3 | restricted | restrict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 persons | case |
| 5 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 restricted | obl |
| 6 | aged | age | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 persons | acl |
| 7 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 twelve | advmod |
| 8 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 aged | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restrict | present · passive | Attendance | persons | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to person=Goal | ||||
| 2 | age | participle | persons not said here | twelve | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Persons under twelve may attend if accompanied by an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 attend | nsubj |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 3 twelve | case |
| 3 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Persons | nmod |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 attend | aux |
| 5 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 accompanied | mark |
| 7 | accompanied | accompany | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 attend | advcl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 adult | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 adult | det |
| 10 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 accompanied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attend | may | Persons under twelve | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | accompany a condition, not said to happen | participle | Persons under twelve not said here | by a adult | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by adult=Destination |
Option 3
Attendance is restricted to adults over the age of twelve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attendance | attendance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 restricted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 restricted | aux:pass |
| 3 | restricted | restrict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 adults | case |
| 5 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 restricted | obl |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 age | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 age | det |
| 8 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 restricted | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 twelve | case |
| 10 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 age | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restrict | present · passive | Attendance | adults | over the age of twelve | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to adult=Goal |
Option 4
Persons under twelve are excluded without any exception
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 excluded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 3 twelve | case |
| 3 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Persons | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 excluded | aux:pass |
| 5 | excluded | exclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 exception | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 exception | det |
| 8 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 excluded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exclude | present · passive | Persons under twelve | without any exception | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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