--- title: Why do many apps say users must be at least 13? — Staying safe and kind online · tree and pragmatics description: Why do many apps say users must be at least 13? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Staying safe and kind online» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Staying safe and kind online](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Staying safe and kind online Why do many apps say users must be at least 13? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many apps · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** users, 13, least · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Staying safe and kind online» 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/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t9:1 # text = Why do many apps say users must be at least 13? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 apps app NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 users user NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 nmod _ _ 11 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many apps *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | many apps | users | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent user=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | must | | 13 | | least | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Phones do not work for younger children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t9:o1:1 # text = Phones do not work for younger children 1 Phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | Phones | | | | | for younger children | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for child=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is only to sell more phones to older children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t9:o2:1 # text = It is only to sell more phones to older children 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | to older children; sell *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Younger children need extra protection from what they might meet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t9:o3:1 # text = Younger children need extra protection from what they might meet 1 Younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obl _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Younger children | extra protection | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot protection=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | might | children *= child* | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Children under 13 cannot read well enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t9:o4:1 # text = Children under 13 cannot read well enough 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 under under ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nmod _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **read** | can | Children under 13 | | | | | enough, well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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