Test 3 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch
A Gen Z kid says, "Critics said it's trash, so it's trash, period" ("period" means end of discussion). What is fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z kid, Critics, kid, period · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: trash, end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: A Gen Z kid says, "Critics said it's trash, so it's trash, period" ("period" means end of discussion).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 2 | Gen | gen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Z | compound |
| 3 | Z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kid | compound |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 8 | Critics | critic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 trash | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 trash | cop |
| 12 | trash | trash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 trash | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 trash | advmod |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 trash | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 trash | cop |
| 17 | trash | trash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 period | punct |
| 19 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 trash | conj |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 trash | punct |
| 21 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 25 means | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 period | punct |
| 23 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 means | nsubj |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 period | punct |
| 25 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | parataxis |
| 26 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 means | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 discussion | case |
| 28 | discussion | discussion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 end | nmod |
| 29 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 25 means | punct |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Z kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Critics | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | kid | trash | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | kid | trash and period | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | mean | present | period | end of discussion | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=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 is fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Critics are always right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Critics | critic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 right | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 right | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Critics | always, right property | tree rules |
Option 2
Critics never actually watch the films they write reviews about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Critics | critic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 watch | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 watch | advmod |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 watch | advmod |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 films | det |
| 6 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 write | nsubj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 write | nsubj |
| 8 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 watch | parataxis |
| 9 | reviews | review | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 write | obj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 write | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not watch | infinitive | Critics | actually property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | write | present | the films | reviews | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent review=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
You can read their reasons and still disagree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 read | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 read | aux |
| 3 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 reasons | nmod:poss |
| 5 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 read | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 disagree | cc |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 disagree | advmod |
| 8 | disagree | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 read | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | can | You | their reasons | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | ||||
| 2 | disagree | present | You not said here | still | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Critics are always right about every film because it is their job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Critics | critic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 right | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 right | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 film | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 film | det |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | obl |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 job | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 job | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 job | cop |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 job | nmod:poss |
| 12 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Critics | about every film; always, right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | film | Critics's job | 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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