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title: Alfie to his friends: "I watched a 15, it was easy, ratings are rubb… — Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Austra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Alfie to his friends: "I watched a 15, it was easy, ratings are rubbish." What's wrong with his idea? Test 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 quest
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# Test 4 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…

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Alfie to his friends: "I watched a 15, it was easy, ratings are rubbish." What's wrong with his idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, ratings · **What happens:** watch, be · **To what, where:** 15, rubbish

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Alfie to his friends: "I watched a 15, it was easy, ratings are rubbish."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t4:1
# text = Alfie to his friends: "I watched a 15, it was easy, ratings are rubbish."
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	expl	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** *in a quote* | past | I | a 15 |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 15=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 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's wrong with his idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t4:2
# text = What's wrong with his idea?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with Alfie's idea; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He must have watched a U by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t4:o1:1
# text = He must have watched a U by mistake
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	U	U	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | must · perfect | He | a U |  |  |  | by mistake | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent u=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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15 films are always too easy for teenagers to bother with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t4:o2:1
# text = 15 films are always too easy for teenagers to bother with
1	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	teenagers	teenager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 15 films |  |  |  |  | for teenagers; always, easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bother** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ratings are about how hard a film is to follow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t4:o3:1
# text = Ratings are about how hard a film is to follow
1	Ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ratings |  |  |  |  | about a hard film | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | follow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Finding it easy doesn't make it right for his age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t4:o4:1
# text = Finding it easy doesn't make it right for his age
1	Finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | Finding | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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