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title: Dad, on the phone to Uncle Pete: "No, mate, it's after the watershed… — Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Austra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, on the phone to Uncle Pete: "No, mate, it's after the watershed, the kids'll be in bed." When is the programme on? Test 5 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 pragm
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# Test 5 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…

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Dad, on the phone to Uncle Pete: "No, mate, it's after the watershed, the kids'll be in bed." When is the programme on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, kids · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bed, programme

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, on the phone to Uncle Pete: "No, mate, it's after the watershed, the kids'll be in bed."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t5:1
# text = Dad, on the phone to Uncle Pete: "No, mate, it's after the watershed, the kids'll be in bed."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Pete	Pete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	19	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	watershed	watershed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	cop	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mate |  |  |  | after the watershed |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the kids |  |  | bed |  |  | 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:* When is the programme on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t5:2
# text = When is the programme on?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	programme	programme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Before school starts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t5:o1:1
# text = Before school starts
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
3	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present |  |  |  |  | before school |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only in the summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t5:o2:1
# text = Only in the summer
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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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After 9 pm on UK TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t5:o3:1
# text = After 9 pm on UK TV
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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At lunchtime on Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t5:o4:1
# text = At lunchtime on Sunday
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	lunchtime	lunchtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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