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title: Determine the meaning of the classification "12A" as applied to a ci… — Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Austra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the meaning of the classification "12A" as applied to a cinematographic exhibition in the United Kingdom. Exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and why they exist» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…

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Determine the meaning of the classification "12A" as applied to a cinematographic exhibition in the United Kingdom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, apply, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, classification

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and why they exist» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e2:1
# text = Determine the meaning of the classification "12A" as applied to a cinematographic exhibition in the United Kingdom.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classification	classification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	12A	12a	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	cinematographic	cinematographic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	19	flat	_	_
19	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the classification |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **apply** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a cinematographic exhibition in the United Kingdom | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the classification |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Attendance is restricted to persons aged exactly twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e2:o1:1
# text = Attendance is restricted to persons aged exactly twelve
1	Attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	aged	age	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | present · passive |  | Attendance | persons |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to person=Goal |
| 2 | **age** | participle | persons *not said here* | twelve |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Persons under twelve may attend if accompanied by an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e2:o2:1
# text = Persons under twelve may attend if accompanied by an adult
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | may | Persons under twelve |  |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accompany** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Persons under twelve *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a adult | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by adult=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Attendance is restricted to adults over the age of twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e2:o3:1
# text = Attendance is restricted to adults over the age of twelve
1	Attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | present · passive |  | Attendance | adults |  | over the age of twelve |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to adult=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Persons under twelve are excluded without any exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e2:o4:1
# text = Persons under twelve are excluded without any exception
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | present · passive |  | Persons under twelve |  |  |  | without any exception | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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**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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