Exam question 3 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning silent films.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, silent films

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 films	amod
11	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	silent films		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus film=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Feeling was shown by gesture, with live music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shown	aux:pass
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 gesture	case
5	gesture	gesture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shown	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 music	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 music	case
8	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 music	amod
9	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	show	past · passive	gesture					with live music	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 2

Recorded speech was reproduced from gramophone discs during exhibition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 speech	amod
2	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reproduced	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reproduced	aux:pass
4	reproduced	reproduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 discs	case
6	gramophone	gramophone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discs	compound
7	discs	disc	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reproduced	obl
8	during	during	ADP	_	9 exhibition	case
9	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reproduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reproduce	past · passive		Recorded speech		gramophone discs	during exhibition		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3

No sound of any description accompanied their exhibition in any cinema

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompanied	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 description	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 description	det
5	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sound	nmod
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 exhibition	nmod:poss
8	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompanied	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cinema	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 cinema	det
11	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	past	no sound of any description	their exhibition		any cinema			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent exhibition=Theme in cinema=Destination
2	exhibit		their = they						nom exhibition «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Actors spoke very loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 loudly	advmod
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	Actors					loudly property	vn talk-37.5 «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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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