Test 11 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

Which is true about forty takes of one scene?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, take

This is test 11 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	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	about	about	ADP	_	5 forty	case
5	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 takes	obl
6	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 scene	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 scene	nummod
9	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 takes	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules
2	take	present						about forty; of one scene	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of scene=Initial_Location

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

It is against film rules, so the director will be told off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rules	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rules	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rules	compound
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 told	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	12 told	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 director	det
9	director	director	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	nsubj:pass
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 told	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 told	aux:pass
12	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rules	acl
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 told	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					against film rules	tree rules
2	tell off speech: assert	future · passive	film rules not said here	the director					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

It only ever happens in cartoons, never in films with real actors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happens	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 happens	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 happens	advmod
4	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 films	csubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 cartoons	case
6	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happens	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 films	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 films	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 films	case
10	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 actors	case
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 actors	amod
13	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 films	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	It			cartoons	ever		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location

Option 3

It proves that the actor is terrible and should be replaced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 terrible	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 actor	det
5	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 terrible	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 terrible	cop
7	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 replaced	cc
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 replaced	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 replaced	aux:pass
11	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the actor	terrible property	tree rules
3	replace	should · passive			vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is normal on a film set

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 set	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 set	det
6	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	compound
7	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 normal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			a film set		normal property	tree rules

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