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title: Evie's mate: "My mum let me watch a 15, so ratings are rubbish." Wha… — Favourite films and series: spoilers,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Evie's mate: "My mum let me watch a 15, so ratings are rubbish." What are ratings really for? Test 8 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 8 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

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Evie's mate: "My mum let me watch a 15, so ratings are rubbish." What are ratings really for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, me, ratings · **What happens:** let, watch, be · **To what, where:** me, 15, rubbish, ratings

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This is test 8 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Evie's mate: "My mum let me watch a 15, so ratings are rubbish."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t8:1
# text = Evie's mate: "My mum let me watch a 15, so ratings are rubbish."
1	Evie	Evie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	appos	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | My mum | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | a 15 |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 15=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ratings | rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What are ratings really for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t8:2
# text = What are ratings really for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | ratings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To stop all children from ever watching TV or films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t8:o1:1
# text = To stop all children from ever watching TV or films
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | all children |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality child=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund |  | TV or films |  |  | ever |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To tell you how good a film is out of 15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t8:o2:1
# text = To tell you how good a film is out of 15
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | a film |  |  | 15 |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To guide families about who a film is made for

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t8:o3:1
# text = To guide families about who a film is made for
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	guide	guide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide** | to-infinitive |  | families |  |  |  | about a film | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent family=Theme about film=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To make films cost more at the cinema

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:t8:o4:1
# text = To make films cost more at the cinema
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | films |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cost** | infinitive | films *not said here* | more |  | the cinema |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |

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