Exam question 1 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

Identify the principal reason for which motion pictures are customarily filmed in a sequence other than that of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, film · To what, where: principal reason, motion pictures, sequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing» of the arts 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 filmed	obl
7	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pictures	compound
8	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 filmed	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 filmed	aux:pass
10	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	11 filmed	advmod
11	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sequence	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sequence	det
14	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 filmed	obl
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 that	advmod
16	than	than	ADP	_	17 that	case
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 sequence	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 narrative	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 narrative	det
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 that	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	film	present · passive		motion pictures		a sequence than that		for the principal reason; customarily property	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in sequence=Destination

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

Option 1

To confuse the performers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 confuse	mark
2	confuse	confuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 performers	det
4	performers	performer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 confuse	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confuse	to-infinitive		the performers					vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent performer=Patient

Option 2

The concluding scene is invariably the least demanding and is therefore filmed first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scene	det
2	concluding	concluding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scene	compound
3	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demanding	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 demanding	cop
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	8 demanding	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 demanding	det
7	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 demanding	amod
8	demanding	demanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 filmed	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 filmed	aux:pass
11	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	12 filmed	advmod
12	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 demanding	conj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 filmed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the concluding scene	the least demanding				invariably property	tree rules
2	film	present · passive	the concluding scene not said here					first, therefore property	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Scenes sharing a location are recorded together for economy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scenes	scene	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 recorded	nsubj:pass
2	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Scenes	acl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 location	det
4	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharing	obj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 recorded	aux:pass
6	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 recorded	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 economy	case
9	economy	economy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund	Scenes not said here	a location					tree rules
2	record	present · passive		Scenes				for economy; together property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Directors are obliged by statute to film every narrative in reverse order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Directors	director	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obliged	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 statute	case
5	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliged	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 film	mark
7	film	film	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	advcl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 narrative	det
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 film	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 order	case
11	reverse	reverse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 order	amod
12	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 film	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive	statute	Directors					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	film	to-infinitive	statute not said here	every narrative		reverse order			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent narrative=Theme in order=Destination

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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