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Test 6 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch

Gran says the popcorn is "daylight robbery". Why are cinema snacks so dear?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, popcorn · What happens: say, be · To what, where: daylight robbery · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: Gran says the popcorn is "daylight robbery".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 popcorn	det
4	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 robbery	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 robbery	cop
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 robbery	punct
7	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 robbery	compound
8	robbery	robbery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 robbery	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Gran						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	the popcorn	daylight robbery					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: Why are cinema snacks so dear?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 dear	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dear	cop
3	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snacks	compound
4	snacks	snack	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 are	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 dear	advmod
6	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 dear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						dear property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Popcorn has to be flown in by plane from abroad every single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 flown	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 flown	aux:pass
5	flown	fly	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 has	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 flown	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 plane	case
8	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flown	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 day	case
10	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	13 day	advmod
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Popcorn						tree rules
2	fly in	to-infinitive · passive	plane				day		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Cinema snacks cost more because they are extra healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 snacks	compound
2	snacks	snack	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cost	nsubj
3	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 cost	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 healthy	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 healthy	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 healthy	cop
8	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 healthy	amod
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cost	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	Cinema snacks	more					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value
2	is	present	snacks = snack					healthy property	tree rules

Option 3

The actors in the film get paid out of the popcorn money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 actors	det
2	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 paid	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 film	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 film	det
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 actors	nmod
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 paid	aux:pass
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	12 money	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 money	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 money	det
11	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 money	compound
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay out	present · passive		the actors in the film		the popcorn money			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient money=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Snacks are how cinemas earn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snacks	snack	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 earn	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 earn	cop
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 earn	advmod
4	cinemas	cinema	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 earn	nsubj
5	earn	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Snacks					earn property	tree rules

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