Test 5 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch
In a cartoon, a kid sneaks into an 18 film and says ratings are "only about swears". What is the mistake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, mistake · What happens: sneak, say, be · To what, where: cartoon, ratings · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: In a cartoon, a kid sneaks into an 18 film and says ratings are "only about swears".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sneaks | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sneaks | nsubj |
| 7 | sneaks | sneak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 film | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 film | det |
| 10 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 film | nummod |
| 11 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sneaks | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 says | cc |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sneaks | conj |
| 14 | ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 says | obj |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 swears | cop |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 swears | punct |
| 17 | only | only | ADV | _ | 19 swears | advmod |
| 18 | about | about | ADV | _ | 19 swears | advmod |
| 19 | swears | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 ratings | conj |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 swears | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sneaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneak | present | a kid | a cartoon | into a 18 film | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into film=Destination | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a kid not said here | ratings | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent rating=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | a kid not said here | about, swear property | 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 mistake?
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 | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mistake | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ratings are only about how long films are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 films | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 films | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 films | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 films | case |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 long | advmod |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 films | amod |
| 7 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 films | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ratings | about long films | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ratings also cover scary and violent scenes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cover | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 3 cover | advmod |
| 3 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 scenes | amod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 violent | cc |
| 6 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 scary | conj |
| 7 | scenes | scene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cover | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present | Ratings | scary scenes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scene=Destination |
Option 3
18 films have no rude words at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 films | nummod |
| 2 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 words | det |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 words | amod |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | 18 films | no rude words | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
Option 4
Ratings are only for cartoons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cartoons | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cartoons | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 cartoons | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 cartoons | case |
| 5 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ratings | for cartoons | 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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