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title: Determine which of the following constitutes the designation applied… — GTA 6: what rated 18 means · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine which of the following constitutes the designation applied in the United States to a game suitable for persons aged seventeen and above. Exam question 4 of lesson 422 «GTA 6: what rated 18 means» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 4 · GTA 6: what rated 18 means

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Determine which of the following constitutes the designation applied in the United States to a game suitable for persons aged seventeen and above.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, persons · **What happens:** determine, follow, be, apply, age · **To what, where:** designation, United States, seventeen

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 422 «GTA 6: what rated 18 means» of the everyday 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/everyday/422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:e4:1
# text = Determine which of the following constitutes the designation applied in the United States to a game suitable for persons aged seventeen and above.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
6	constitutes	constitute	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
9	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
20	aged	age	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	acl	_	_
21	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	obj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	above	above	ADV	RB	_	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the designation | tree rules |
| 4 | **apply** | participle |  | the designation *not said here* |  | the United States |  | to a game | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in state=Destination |
| 5 | **age** | participle | persons *not said here* | seventeen |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent seventeen=Patient |

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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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M, signifying Mature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:e4:o1:1
# text = M, signifying Mature
1	M	M	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	Mature	mature	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | mature *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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E, signifying Everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:e4:o2:1
# text = E, signifying Everyone
1	E	e	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | gerund |  | Everyone |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot everyone=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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T, signifying Teen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:e4:o3:1
# text = T, signifying Teen
1	T	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	Teen	Teen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | gerund |  | Teen |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teen=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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E10+, signifying ten and above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:e4:o4:1
# text = E10+, signifying ten and above
1	E10	e10	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	above	above	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | gerund |  | ten |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ten=Theme |

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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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