Test 10 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

Why do many films today cut every few seconds?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: many films · What happens: do, cut

This is test 10 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cut	advcl
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 films	amod
4	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cut	nsubj
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	obl:unmarked
6	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 seconds	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seconds	amod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cut	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	many films not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cut	present	many films				second; today		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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

Cameras now stop by themselves every few seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 stop	advmod
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 themselves	case
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 stop	obl
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 seconds	det
7	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 seconds	amod
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Cameras				now; second	by Cameras = camera	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Shot lengths have become shorter over the years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shot	shot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lengths	amod
2	lengths	length	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 become	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
4	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 become	xcomp
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 years	det
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shorter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	Shot lengths					short property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Editors are paid for every cut they make

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Editors	editor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cut	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 cut	det
6	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	nsubj
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cut	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		Editors				for every cut	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for cut=Theme
2	make	present	Editors = editor	every cut not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cut=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Audiences used to complain films were too fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Audiences	audience	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 complain	mark
4	complain	complain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	xcomp
5	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 complain	obj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 films	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 complain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	past	Audiences			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	complain speech: other	to-infinitive	Audiences not said here		fast property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past		films		tree rules

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