Test 8 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

Why might a film set in New York be filmed in another city?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: set, film · To what, where: film, New York, city

This is test 8 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 filmed	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 filmed	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 film	det
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 filmed	nsubj:pass
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 film	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 York	case
7	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 York	flat
8	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 filmed	aux:pass
10	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 city	case
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 city	det
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 filmed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 filmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	participle		a film not said here		New York			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in york=Destination
2	film	might · passive		a film		another city			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in city=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.

The options

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

It is cheaper or easier, and signs are changed

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 cheaper	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	cop
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 easier	cc
5	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 cheaper	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 changed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 changed	cc
8	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 changed	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 changed	aux:pass
10	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cheaper	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		cheap property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	change	present · passive		signs		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

New York does not allow cameras of any kind in its streets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 York	flat
2	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 allow	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allow	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 allow	advmod
5	allow	allow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allow	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 kind	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 kind	det
9	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cameras	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 streets	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 streets	nmod:poss
12	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · do-support	New York	cameras of any kind		kind's streets			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Beneficiary

Option 3

The actors live there

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	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	the actors			there			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Other cities look exactly like New York, so nobody can ever tell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cities	amod
2	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 look	advmod
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 York	case
6	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 York	flat
7	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 tell	advmod
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 tell	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 tell	aux
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 tell	advmod
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 look	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Other cities					like New York; exactly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	can	nobody				ever		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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