Exam question 4 · GTA 6: what rated 18 means

Determine which of the following constitutes the designation applied in the United States to a game suitable for persons aged seventeen and above.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, persons · What happens: determine, follow, be, apply, age · To what, where: designation, United States, seventeen

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 designation	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 designation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 designation	det
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 designation	case
6	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 designation	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 designation	det
8	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	ccomp
9	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 designation	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 States	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 States	det
12	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 States	amod
13	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 applied	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 game	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 game	det
16	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 applied	obl
17	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 game	amod
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 persons	case
19	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 suitable	obl
20	aged	age	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 persons	acl
21	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 aged	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 above	cc
23	above	above	ADV	_	21 seventeen	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present				of the designation	tree rules
4	apply	participle		the designation not said here	the United States	to a game	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in state=Destination
5	age	participle	persons not said here	seventeen			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent seventeen=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

M, signifying Mature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	M	M	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifying	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 M	punct
3	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Mature	mature	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund						mature property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

E, signifying Everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	E	e	INTJ	_	3 signifying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 signifying	punct
3	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 signifying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund		Everyone					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot everyone=Theme

Option 3

T, signifying Teen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	T	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 signifying	punct
3	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 T	conj
4	Teen	Teen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 signifying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund		Teen					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teen=Theme

Option 4

E10+, signifying ten and above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	E10	e10	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	+	+	SYM	_	1 E10	punct
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 signifying	punct
4	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 E10	conj
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 signifying	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 above	cc
7	above	above	ADV	_	5 ten	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund		ten					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ten=Theme

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