Test 10 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…
Uncle in Ohio: "It's rated R, so no, buddy, not unless your mom comes too." How old is the boy, probably?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mom · What happens: rate, not come, be · To what, where: Uncle, old boy
This is test 10 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. 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: Uncle in Ohio: "It's rated R, so no, buddy, not unless your mom comes too."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rated | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Ohio | case |
| 3 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 rated | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 rated | punct |
| 6 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rated | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rated | aux:pass |
| 8 | rated | rate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | R | R | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 rated | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 buddy | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 buddy | advmod |
| 12 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 14 buddy | discourse |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 no | punct |
| 14 | buddy | buddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rated | vocative |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 comes | punct |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 comes | advmod |
| 17 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 20 comes | mark |
| 18 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 mom | nmod:poss |
| 19 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 comes | nsubj |
| 20 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rated | conj |
| 21 | too | too | ADV | _ | 20 comes | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 rated | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 rated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rate in a quote | present · passive | Uncle in Ohio | buddy vocative | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme r=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | not come a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | your mom | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: How old is the boy, probably?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 old | advmod |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 boy | amod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 boy | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 probably | punct |
| 7 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 boy | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 boy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the old boy | probably property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Exactly 17
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 17 | advmod |
| 2 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Over 21
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over | over | ADV | _ | 2 21 | advmod |
| 2 | 21 | 21 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Under 17
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 2 17 | case |
| 2 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Over 18
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over | over | ADV | _ | 2 18 | advmod |
| 2 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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