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title: Cousin from Melbourne: "M's illegal for under-15s here." Put her rig… — Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Austra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cousin from Melbourne: "M's illegal for under-15s here." Put her right. Test 8 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 option; Mova's
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# Test 8 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…

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Cousin from Melbourne: "M's illegal for under-15s here." Put her right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** Melbourne

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cousin from Melbourne: "M's illegal for under-15s here."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t8:1
# text = Cousin from Melbourne: "M's illegal for under-15s here."
1	Cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	M	M	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	15s	15	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
13	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Put her right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t8:2
# text = Put her right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Melbourne |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She's right, M is the strictest rating in the whole country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t8:o1:1
# text = She's right, M is the strictest rating in the whole country
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	M	M	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	strictest	strict	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	rating	rating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the M strictest rating |  | the whole country |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
M means nobody may watch it until midnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t8:o2:1
# text = M means nobody may watch it until midnight
1	M	M	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | M |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **watch** | may | nobody | M |  |  | midnight |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
M is only advice; MA15+ is the one with rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t8:o3:1
# text = M is only advice; MA15+ is the one with rules
1	M	M	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	MA15	ma15	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	6	compound	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | M advice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | M advice | the one |  |  |  | with rules | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
M is only for films with music in them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t8:o4:1
# text = M is only for films with music in them
1	M	M	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for M films; with music in films | tree rules |

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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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