Test 1 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch

Your mate says, "It's 15 but it's not even that scary, ya wimp." What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, best answer · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: 15, scary ya wimp · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts 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: Your mate says, "It's 15 but it's not even that scary, ya wimp."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 15	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 15	punct
6	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 15	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 15	cop
8	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 says	ccomp
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 wimp	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 wimp	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 wimp	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 wimp	advmod
13	even	even	ADV	_	18 wimp	advmod
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 wimp	nsubj
15	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 wimp	amod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 scary	punct
17	ya	ya	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 wimp	amod
18	wimp	wimp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 15	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	mate	15 but scary ya wimp	tree rules
3	not is a in a quote	present	mate	scary ya wimp	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: What is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Only babies follow ratings, so you should watch it to show you are not one

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 babies	advmod
2	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 follow	nsubj
3	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ratings	rating	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 follow	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 watch	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 watch	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 watch	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 watch	aux
9	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 follow	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 watch	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 show	mark
12	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 watch	xcomp
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 one	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 one	cop
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 one	advmod
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	present	babies	ratings	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rating=Theme
2	watch	should	you	it	tree rules
3	show	to-infinitive			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not is a	present	you	one	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ratings warn about content; saying no is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ratings	rating	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warn	nsubj
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 content	case
4	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 saying	punct
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 fine	csubj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 saying	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 warn	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	Ratings		about content	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about content=Topic
2	say speech: assert	gerund		no		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic
3	is	present	saying		fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Mates watched it, so it is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 watched	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 safe	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 safe	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 safe	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 watched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	Mates	it					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it					safe property	tree rules

Option 4

Ratings are just there to annoy kids and do not mean anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ratings	rating	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 there	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 there	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 there	advmod
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 annoy	mark
6	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 there	advcl
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 annoy	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mean	cc
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mean	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 mean	advmod
11	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 there	conj
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ratings		there property	tree rules
2	annoy	to-infinitive	Ratings not said here	kids		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kid=Experiencer
3	not mean	present · do-support	Ratings not said here	anything		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=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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