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title: Uncle in Ohio: "It's rated R, so no, buddy, not unless your mom come… — Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Austra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle in Ohio: "It's rated R, so no, buddy, not unless your mom comes too." How old is the boy, probably? Test 10 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 
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# Test 10 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…

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Uncle in Ohio: "It's rated R, so no, buddy, not unless your mom comes too." How old is the boy, probably?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mom · **What happens:** rate, not come, be · **To what, where:** Uncle, old boy

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This is test 10 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle in Ohio: "It's rated R, so no, buddy, not unless your mom comes too."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t10:1
# text = Uncle in Ohio: "It's rated R, so no, buddy, not unless your mom comes too."
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	rated	rate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	R	R	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	buddy	buddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
17	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
21	too	too	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rate** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Uncle in Ohio |  |  |  | buddy *vocative* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme r=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | your mom |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* How old is the boy, probably?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t10:2
# text = How old is the boy, probably?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the old boy |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Exactly 17

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t10:o1:1
# text = Exactly 17
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Over 21

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t10:o2:1
# text = Over 21
1	Over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Under 17

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t10:o3:1
# text = Under 17
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Over 18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t10:o4:1
# text = Over 18
1	Over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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