Test 2 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…
Mia watches a 12 film with her parents and asks about a confusing bit. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, this · What happens: watch, ask, show · To what, where: 12 film
This is test 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. 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: Mia watches a 12 film with her parents and asks about a confusing bit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 watches | nsubj |
| 2 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 film | det |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 film | nummod |
| 5 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 watches | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 parents | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 parents | nmod:poss |
| 8 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 watches | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 asks | cc |
| 10 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 watches | conj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 bit | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 bit | det |
| 13 | confusing | confusing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 bit | amod |
| 14 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 asks | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 watches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | present | Mia | a 12 film | with Mia's parents | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | Mia not said here | about a confusing bit | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about bit=Topic |
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 does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Parents are not allowed to explain 12 films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 explain | mark |
| 6 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 films | nummod |
| 8 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 explain | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Parents | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | Parents not said here | 12 films | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Topic |
Option 2
Asking questions spoils films for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 spoils | csubj |
| 2 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Asking | obj |
| 3 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 spoils | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 spoils | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | spoil | present | Asking | films | for everyone | tree rules |
Option 3
12 films must always be watched in total silence by law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 films | nummod |
| 2 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 watched | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 watched | aux |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 watched | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 watched | aux:pass |
| 6 | watched | watch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 silence | case |
| 8 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 silence | amod |
| 9 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 watched | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 law | case |
| 11 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 watched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | must · passive | law | 12 films | total silence | always property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Watching with parents means you can ask about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | csubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 parents | case |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Watching | obl |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ask | aux |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | gerund | with parents | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Watching | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | can | you | about it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about it=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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