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title: Gran says the popcorn is "daylight robbery". Why are cinema snacks s… — Age ratings, scary films and choosing… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran says the popcorn is "daylight robbery". Why are cinema snacks so dear? Test 6 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch

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Gran says the popcorn is "daylight robbery". Why are cinema snacks so dear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, popcorn · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** daylight robbery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts 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/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran says the popcorn is "daylight robbery".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t6:1
# text = Gran says the popcorn is "daylight robbery".
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	robbery	robbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the popcorn | daylight robbery |  |  |  |  | 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:* Why are cinema snacks so dear?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t6:2
# text = Why are cinema snacks so dear?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Popcorn has to be flown in by plane from abroad every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t6:o1:1
# text = Popcorn has to be flown in by plane from abroad every single day
1	Popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	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	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	flown	fly	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Popcorn |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly in** | to-infinitive · passive | plane |  |  |  | day |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cinema snacks cost more because they are extra healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t6:o2:1
# text = Cinema snacks cost more because they are extra healthy
1	Cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Cinema snacks | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
| 2 | **is** | present | snacks *= snack* |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The actors in the film get paid out of the popcorn money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t6:o3:1
# text = The actors in the film get paid out of the popcorn money
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay out** | present · passive |  | the actors in the film |  | the popcorn money |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient money=Asset |

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

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Snacks are how cinemas earn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t6:o4:1
# text = Snacks are how cinemas earn
1	Snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	cinemas	cinema	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	earn	earn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 | **is** | present | Snacks |  |  |  |  | earn *property* | tree rules |

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