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title: Noah: «waiting till 18 is literally forever». What's true? — GTA 6: what rated 18 means · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah: «waiting till 18 is literally forever». What's true? Test 8 · ★★ 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 the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · GTA 6: what rated 18 means

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Noah: «waiting till 18 is literally forever». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 422 «GTA 6: what rated 18 means» of the everyday 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/everyday/422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah: «waiting till 18 is literally forever».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:t8:1
# text = Noah: «waiting till 18 is literally forever».
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund | Noah |  |  |  | till 18 |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:t8:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He will never be allowed any games before 18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:t8:o1:1
# text = He will never be allowed any games before 18
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | future · passive |  | He |  |  | before 18 |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal game=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He can ask the shop to change the rating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:t8:o2:1
# text = He can ask the shop to change the rating
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rating	rating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | can | He | the shop |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent shop=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **change** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the shop *not said here* | the rating |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rating=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Games will stop being made before then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:t8:o3:1
# text = Games will stop being made before then
1	Games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | future | Games |  |  |  | then |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | gerund · passive | Games *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

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

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There are loads of great games for his age now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means:t8:o4:1
# text = There are loads of great games for his age now
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | loads of great games |  |  | there | for his age; now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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