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title: Mum to Gran: "I'm not saying the Joneses are wrong, we just do thing… — Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Austra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum to Gran: "I'm not saying the Joneses are wrong, we just do things differently." What are they talking about? Test 9 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 o
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# Test 9 · Age ratings in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada, and…

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Mum to Gran: "I'm not saying the Joneses are wrong, we just do things differently." What are they talking about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Mum, we, Joneses · **What happens:** not say, be, do, talk about · **To what, where:** things · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum to Gran: "I'm not saying the Joneses are wrong, we just do things differently."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t9:1
# text = Mum to Gran: "I'm not saying the Joneses are wrong, we just do things differently."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	csubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Joneses	jones	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
18	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
19	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mum to Gran |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | we | things |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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 are they talking about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t9:2
# text = What are they talking about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk about** | present · progressive | Joneses *= jones* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Joneses have broken a rating law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t9:o1:1
# text = The Joneses have broken a rating law
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Joneses	jones	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rating	rating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · perfect · passive |  | the Joneses |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient law=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Families can choose differently about films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t9:o2:1
# text = Families can choose differently about films
1	Families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | can | Families |  |  |  |  | about films; differently *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gran has to decide for both families

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t9:o3:1
# text = Gran has to decide for both families
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive | Gran *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for both families | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Films are banned in the Joneses' house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist:t9:o4:1
# text = Films are banned in the Joneses' house
1	Films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Joneses	Jones	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive |  | Films |  | the Joneses's house |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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