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title: "the app says 13+ but that's just for show" Is it? — Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messa… · tree and pragmatics
description: "the app says 13+ but that's just for show" Is it? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages

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"the app says 13+ but that's just for show" Is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** app, that · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** 13, app · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» of the AI 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/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:t7:1
# text = "the app says 13+ but that's just for show" Is it?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	5	cc	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the app | 13 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 13=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | for show | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | app |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, age ratings are there for good reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:t7:o1:1
# text = No, age ratings are there for good reasons
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | age ratings |  |  |  |  | for good reasons; there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, ratings are only there for decoration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, ratings are only there for decoration
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | ratings |  |  |  |  | for decoration; there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, they only apply in America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, they only apply in America
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	apply	apply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | they |  |  | America |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in america=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they mean you must be 31

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:t7:o4:1
# text = No, they mean you must be 31
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | must | you | 31 |  |  |  |  | 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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