Test 3 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…
Big sister: "12A means you have to be 12 to get in, so you can't come." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Big sister, you · What happens: mean, have, be, get in, not come, put · To what, where: 12, sister · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Big sister: "12A means you have to be 12 to get in, so you can't come."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sister | amod |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| 5 | 12A | 12A | X | _ | 2 sister | dep |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 have | nsubj |
| 8 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 means | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 12 | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 12 | cop |
| 11 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 have | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 get | mark |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 12 | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADV | _ | 13 get | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 come | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 come | advmod |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 come | nsubj |
| 18 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 come | aux |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 come | advmod |
| 20 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 means | parataxis |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean in a quote | present | Big sister | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | 12 | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | get in in a quote | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | not come in a quote | can | you | 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: Put her right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | sister | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Under-12s can go with an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 3 12s | case |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Under | punct |
| 3 | 12s | 12 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 5 go | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 adult | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | can | 12s | with a adult | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with adult=Beneficiary |
Option 2
12A means only adults may go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12A | 12A | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 adults | advmod |
| 4 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | nsubj |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | 12A | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | may | adults | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
12A means you must be exactly 12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12A | 12A | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 12 | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 12 | cop |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 12 | advmod |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 you | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | 12A | you | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | must | 12 | exactly property | tree rules |
Option 4
She's right, you must be at least 12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 12 | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 12 | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 12 | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 12 | cop |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 least | case |
| 9 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 12 | nmod |
| 10 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | must | you | 12 | least | tree rules |
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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