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Test 4 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

Kid in Texas says, "Bro, the set was mid, it's just boards at the back" ("mid" means not great). What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kid, set, mid, best reply · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: Bro, back · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: Kid in Texas says, "Bro, the set was mid, it's just boards at the back" ("mid" means not great).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Texas	case
3	Texas	Texas	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Kid	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Bro	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Bro	punct
7	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mid	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 set	det
10	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mid	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mid	cop
12	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Bro	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 boards	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 boards	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 boards	cop
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 boards	advmod
17	boards	board	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 back	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 back	det
20	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 boards	obl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 boards	punct
22	(	(	PUNCT	_	26 means	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 mid	punct
24	mid	mid	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 means	nsubj
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 mid	punct
26	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
27	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 great	advmod
28	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 means	xcomp
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	26 means	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kid in Texas	Bro					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bro=Topic
2	is in a quote	past	the set	Bro not said here				mid property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	set			the back		board property	tree rules
4	mean	present	mid					great property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 best reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sets only need to look real to the camera

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sets	set	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 look	mark
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 camera	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 camera	det
9	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Sets						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	Sets not said here					to the camera; real property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to camera=Experiencer

Option 2

Boards look better on film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 look	nsubj
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 look	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 film	case
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Boards					on film; good property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on film=Theme

Option 3

Real films always use real buildings, so this one was a cheap film

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 use	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 use	advmod
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buildings	amod
6	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 film	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	14 film	advmod
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 film	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 film	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 film	det
13	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 film	amod
14	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Real films	real buildings				always property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Patient
2	is a	past	this one	a cheap film					tree rules

Option 4

The film crew simply forgot to finish building the back of the set

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crew	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crew	compound
3	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	nsubj
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 forgot	advmod
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 finish	mark
7	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forgot	xcomp
8	building	build	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 finish	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 back	det
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 building	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 set	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 set	det
13	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the film crew					simply property	tree rules
2	not finish	to-infinitive	the film crew not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	build	gerund	the film crew not said here	the back of the set					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset back=Product

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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