Test 7 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

Your class film has a great shot of a dog, then a shot of a bowl. Who decides which comes first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class film, Your · What happens: have, film, decide, come · To what, where: great shot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Your class film has a great shot of a dog, then a shot of a bowl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 film	nmod:poss
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 film	compound
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shot	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shot	amod
7	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dog	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shot	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shot	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 shot	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 shot	det
14	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shot	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 bowl	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bowl	det
17	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shot	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Your class film	a great shot of a dog and a shot of a bowl					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shot=Patient
2	film		Your						nom film «communication transitive»: poss=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: Who decides which comes first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decides	ccomp
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 comes	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 decides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	present						first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The tablet decides automatically, in the order the shots were taken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tablet	det
2	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decides	nsubj
3	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	3 decides	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 order	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 order	det
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decides	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shots	det
10	shots	shot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 taken	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 taken	aux:pass
12	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 order	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	the tablet			the order		automatically property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take	past · passive	the order not said here	the shots					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The dog decides, by where it walks while the camera is filming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decides	nsubj
3	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 decides	punct
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 walks	mark
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 walks	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 walks	nsubj
8	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 decides	advcl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 filming	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 camera	det
11	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 filming	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 filming	aux
13	filming	film	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 walks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	decide	present	the dog	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk	present	dog	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	film	present · progressive	the camera	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nobody decides, it is chosen by chance when the film is saved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 decides	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chosen	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chosen	aux:pass
6	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 decides	parataxis
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 chance	case
8	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chosen	obl
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 saved	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 film	det
11	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saved	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 saved	aux:pass
13	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 decides	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	decide	present	Nobody		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	choose	present · passive	chance	it	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	save	present · passive		the film	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The editor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 editor	det
2	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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