Test 1 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing
Your cousin goes, "The director and the stars make the whole film, sorted." What is the mistake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, stars, whole film, mistake · What happens: go, make, sort, be · To what, where: director, whole film
This is test 1 of lesson 22 «How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing» 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 goes, "The director and the stars make the whole film, sorted."
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 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 director | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 director | punct |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 director | det |
| 7 | director | director | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 make | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stars | det |
| 10 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 make | nsubj |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 film | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 film | amod |
| 14 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 make | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sorted | punct |
| 16 | sorted | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 film | acl:relcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your cousin | the director | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | the stars | the whole film | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset film=Product | ||||
| 3 | sort in a quote | past | the whole film not said here | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 the mistake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mistake | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A film needs a huge crew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 film | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crew | det |
| 5 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 crew | amod |
| 6 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a film | a huge crew | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crew=Theme |
Option 2
Films mostly make themselves with computers these days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 3 make | advmod |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 computers | case |
| 6 | computers | computer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obl |
| 7 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 days | det |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Films | Films = film | day | with computers; mostly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset themselves=Product |
Option 3
He is right, nobody else is needed apart from the stars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 needed | punct |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 nobody | advmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 needed | aux:pass |
| 8 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 8 needed | advmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 stars | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 stars | det |
| 12 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 needed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present · passive | nobody | the stars | apart property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Only the camera operator really matters, the rest just watch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 matters | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 operator | det |
| 3 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 operator | compound |
| 4 | operator | operator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 matters | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 matters | advmod |
| 6 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rest | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rest | det |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 matters | obl |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 watch | advmod |
| 11 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 rest | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | the camera operator | the rest | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | watch | infinitive | the rest not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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