Test 6 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing
Granda in Belfast says, "Them old films had no sound at all, so they hadn't." What is the correction?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Granda, old films, films, correction · What happens: say, have, not have, be · To what, where: sound, all · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Granda in Belfast says, "Them old films had no sound at all, so they hadn't."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granda | Granda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Belfast | case |
| 3 | Belfast | Belfast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Granda | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 had | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 had | punct |
| 7 | Them | them | DET | PronType=Dem | 9 films | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 films | amod |
| 9 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 had | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 sound | det |
| 12 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 had | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 had | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 had | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 had | advmod |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 had | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 had | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Granda in Belfast | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | past | them old films | no sound | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | |||
| 3 | not have in a quote | past | films = film | vn birth-28.2-1 «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 correction?
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 correction | det |
| 4 | correction | correction | 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 correction | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
He is right, the cinema was silent
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 silent | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cinema | det |
| 6 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 silent | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 silent | cop |
| 8 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the cinema | silent property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Live music was often played in the cinema
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Live | live | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 music | amod |
| 2 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 played | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 played | aux:pass |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 played | advmod |
| 5 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cinema | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cinema | det |
| 8 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past · passive | Live music | the cinema | often property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Audiences had to hum the music themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audiences | audience | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 hum | mark |
| 4 | hum | hum | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 music | det |
| 6 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hum | obj |
| 7 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 4 hum | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Audiences | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hum | to-infinitive | Audiences not said here | the music | Audiences = audience obl:unmarked | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Topic |
Option 4
The actors' voices were played on a radio
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 actors | det |
| 2 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 voices | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 actors | case |
| 4 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 played | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 played | aux:pass |
| 6 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 radio | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 radio | det |
| 9 | radio | radio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past · passive | the actors's voices | a radio | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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