Test 5 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…
Dad, on the phone to Uncle Pete: "No, mate, it's after the watershed, the kids'll be in bed." When is the programme on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, kids · What happens: be · To what, where: bed, programme
This is test 5 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: Dad, on the phone to Uncle Pete: "No, mate, it's after the watershed, the kids'll be in bed."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 phone | punct |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 phone | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 phone | det |
| 5 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | appos |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Pete | case |
| 7 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Pete | compound |
| 8 | Pete | Pete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 phone | nmod |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 watershed | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 watershed | punct |
| 11 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 19 watershed | discourse |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 No | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 No | vocative |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 No | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 watershed | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 watershed | cop |
| 17 | after | after | ADP | _ | 19 watershed | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 watershed | det |
| 19 | watershed | watershed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | appos |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 bed | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 kids | det |
| 22 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 bed | nsubj |
| 23 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 bed | aux |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 bed | cop |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 bed | case |
| 26 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 watershed | parataxis |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 bed | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 bed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | mate | after the watershed | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | future | the kids | bed | 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: When is the programme on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 programme | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 programme | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 programme | det |
| 4 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 programme | case |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 programme | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the programme | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Before school starts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 2 school | case |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starts | obl |
| 3 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | before school | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
Only in the summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 summer | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 summer | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 summer | det |
| 4 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
After 9 pm on UK TV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 2 9 | case |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 9 | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 TV | case |
| 5 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 TV | compound |
| 6 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 9 | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
At lunchtime on Sunday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 lunchtime | case |
| 2 | lunchtime | lunchtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Sunday | case |
| 4 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lunchtime | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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