Exam question 3 · GTA 6: what rated 18 means

Identify the principal reason for which content intended for adults is deemed unsuitable for a child of nine years.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, content · What happens: identify, intend, deem · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 3 of lesson 422 «GTA 6: what rated 18 means» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deemed	nsubj:pass
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 intended	obl
7	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intended	nsubj
8	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 adults	case
10	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 intended	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 deemed	aux:pass
12	deemed	deem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	ccomp
13	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 deemed	xcomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 child	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 unsuitable	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 years	case
18	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 years	nummod
19	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 child	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	intend	past	content		for the principal reason; for adults	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	deem	present · passive		the principal reason	unsuitable property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It may render the child unable to play other games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 render	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 render	aux
3	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 render	obj
6	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 render	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 play	mark
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 unable	xcomp
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 games	amod
10	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	may	It	the child				unable property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	play	to-infinitive		other games					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 2

It may impair the functioning of the child's eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 impair	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 impair	aux
3	impair	impair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 functioning	det
5	functioning	functioning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impair	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 eyes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eyes	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 child	case
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 functioning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	may	It	the functioning of the child's eyes					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus functioning=Experiencer
2	function		the child's eyes						nom functioning «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may frighten the child or normalise cruelty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 frighten	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 frighten	aux
3	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frighten	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 normalise	cc
7	normalise	normalise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 frighten	conj
8	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 normalise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	may	It	the child					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
2	normalise	infinitive		cruelty					tree rules

Option 4

It may cause the console to function improperly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 console	det
5	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 function	mark
7	function	function	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cause	xcomp
8	improperly	improperly	ADV	_	7 function	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	may	It	the console					tree rules
2	function	to-infinitive	the console not said here					improperly property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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