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

A cartoon shows a film crew filming the story in perfect order from page one. What is usually different in real life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, film crew · What happens: show, film, be · To what, where: film crew, story, perfect order, real life

This is test 3 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: A cartoon shows a film crew filming the story in perfect order from page one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	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	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crew	compound
6	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
7	filming	film	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 crew	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 filming	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 order	case
11	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 order	amod
12	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 filming	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 one	case
14	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 one	compound
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 order	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a film crew					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crew=Recipient
2	film	gerund	a film crew not said here	the story		perfect order from page one			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent story=Theme in order=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.

Sentence 2: What is usually different in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 different	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 different	cop
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	4 different	advmod
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 life	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 different	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 different	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				real life		different, usually property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Real films are filmed all in one day so the actors do not get older

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 films	amod
2	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 filmed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 filmed	aux:pass
4	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	all	all	ADV	_	8 day	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	nummod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 filmed	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 get	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 actors	det
11	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 get	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 get	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 get	advmod
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 filmed	advcl
15	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	present · passive		Real films			day		vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not get	present · do-support	the actors					old property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Real films skip the script

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 films	amod
2	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 skip	nsubj
3	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 script	det
5	script	script	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	present	Real films	the script					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent script=Agent

Option 3

Real films are always filmed backwards, starting from the very end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 films	amod
2	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 filmed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 filmed	aux:pass
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 filmed	advmod
5	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	5 filmed	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 starting	punct
8	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 filmed	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 end	advmod
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 starting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	present · passive		Real films				always, backwards property	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	start	gerund					from the end		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Films are shot in a puzzle order and edited later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shot	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shot	aux:pass
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 order	det
6	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 order	compound
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 edited	cc
9	edited	edit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shot	conj
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 edited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	present · passive		Films		a puzzle order			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in order=Destination
2	edit	participle						late property	tree rules

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