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description: Ascertain the principal purpose for which age ratings are assigned to films. Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 4 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…

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Ascertain the principal purpose for which age ratings are assigned to films.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, assign · **To what, where:** principal purpose, age ratings, films

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal purpose for which age ratings are assigned to films.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **assign** | present · passive |  | age ratings |  |  |  | to films *goal*; for the principal purpose | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to film=Goal |

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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 {#o1}

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To determine the price to be charged for admission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e4:o1:1
# text = To determine the price to be charged for admission
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  | the price |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Topic |
| 2 | **charge** | to-infinitive · passive |  | the price *not said here* |  |  |  | for admission | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To rank films in order of their artistic merit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e4:o2:1
# text = To rank films in order of their artistic merit
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rank	rank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	artistic	artistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rank** | to-infinitive |  | films |  | order of films's artistic merit |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent film=Theme |
| 2 | **order** |  |  | films's artistic merit |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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To assist in selecting material suitable for a given age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e4:o3:1
# text = To assist in selecting material suitable for a given age
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assist	assist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	selecting	select	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **select** | gerund |  | material |  |  |  | suitable *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To prevent adults from viewing films for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:e4:o4:1
# text = To prevent adults from viewing films for children
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	viewing	view	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | adults |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer adult=Theme |
| 2 | **view** | gerund |  | films |  |  |  | for children | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus |

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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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