Exam question 1 · Older siblings and YouTube gameplay

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the applicability of an age rating to the viewing of gameplay by a child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: applicability

This is exam question 1 of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 applicability	det
10	applicability	applicability	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 rating	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rating	det
13	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rating	compound
14	rating	rating	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 applicability	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 viewing	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 viewing	det
17	viewing	viewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rating	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 gameplay	case
19	gameplay	gameplay	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 viewing	nmod
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 child	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 child	det
22	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the applicability of a age rating to the viewing of gameplay				of the following statements; by a child; accurately 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The rating remains relevant, viewing being capable of causing distress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rating	det
2	rating	rating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	relevant	relevant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 viewing	punct
6	viewing	view	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 remains	advcl
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 capable	cop
8	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 viewing	xcomp
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 causing	mark
10	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 capable	advcl
11	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 causing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the rating		relevant property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	view	gerund	the rating not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is	gerund	the rating not said here		capable property	tree rules
4	cause	gerund	the rating not said here	distress		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient

Option 2

The rating is applicable only during school hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rating	det
2	rating	rating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applicable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 applicable	cop
4	applicable	applicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 hours	advmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 hours	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hours	compound
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 applicable	obl:unmarked

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

Option 3

The rating applies solely to the purchaser of the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rating	det
2	rating	rating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 applies	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 purchaser	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purchaser	det
7	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 purchaser	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the rating					to the purchaser of the game; solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The rating ceases to apply where the child does not play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rating	det
2	rating	rating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 apply	mark
5	apply	apply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ceases	xcomp
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 play	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 play	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 play	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 play	advmod
11	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 apply	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	cease	present	the rating	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	apply	to-infinitive	the rating not said here	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not play	present · do-support	the child	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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