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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the revenue of… — Age ratings, scary films and choosing… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the revenue of cinemas from refreshments? Exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the revenue of cinemas from refreshments?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** revenue

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the revenue of cinemas from refreshments?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	revenue	revenue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cinemas	cinema	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	refreshments	refreshment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the revenue of cinemas from refreshments |  |  |  | accurately *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Refreshments are sold at cost without any profit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:e2:o1:1
# text = Refreshments are sold at cost without any profit
1	Refreshments	refreshment	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	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present · passive |  | Refreshments |  | cost |  | without any profit | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at cost=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Refreshments are supplied free of charge with all tickets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:e2:o2:1
# text = Refreshments are supplied free of charge with all tickets
1	Refreshments	refreshment	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	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | present · passive |  | Refreshments |  |  |  | with all tickets; free *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with ticket=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The price of refreshments is fixed by the actors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:e2:o3:1
# text = The price of refreshments is fixed by the actors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	refreshments	refreshment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive | the actors | the price of refreshments |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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

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Refreshments constitute a substantial portion of the cinema's income

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:e2:o4:1
# text = Refreshments constitute a substantial portion of the cinema's income
1	Refreshments	refreshment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	income	income	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | Refreshments | a substantial portion of the cinema's income |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme portion=Pivot |

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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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