Test 8 · ★ · Photography and phone cameras
Your cousin says the Tank Man photo "must be fake because it's so dramatic". What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Man photo, photo · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 20 «Photography and phone cameras» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Your cousin says the Tank Man photo "must be fake because it's so dramatic".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 photo | det |
| 5 | Tank | Tank | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Man | compound |
| 6 | Man | Man | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 photo | compound |
| 7 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fake | nsubj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 photo | punct |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 fake | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 fake | cop |
| 11 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 16 dramatic | mark |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 dramatic | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 dramatic | cop |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 dramatic | advmod |
| 16 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 fake | advcl |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 fake | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | must | the Man photo | fake property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | photo | dramatic property | 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.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many news photos capture real moments in a split second
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 photos | amod |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 photos | compound |
| 3 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 capture | nsubj |
| 4 | capture | capture | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 moments | amod |
| 6 | moments | moment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 capture | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 second | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 second | det |
| 9 | split | split | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 second | amod |
| 10 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 capture | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | capture | present | Many news photos | moment; second | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Dramatic photos are always made by AI or by actors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 photos | amod |
| 2 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 AI | case |
| 7 | AI | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 actors | cc |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 actors | case |
| 10 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 AI | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | AI or actors | Dramatic photos | always property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
Option 3
Newspapers never print real photos of real events
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newspapers | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 print | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 print | advmod |
| 3 | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root | ||
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 photos | amod |
| 5 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 print | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 events | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 events | amod |
| 8 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 photos | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not print | present | Newspapers | real photos of real events | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
Option 4
All famous photos are set up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 photos | det |
| 2 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 photos | amod |
| 3 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 set | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 set | aux:pass |
| 5 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 set | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set up | present · passive | all famous photos | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
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