Exam question 1 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons

Identify the principal reason for which a succession of still drawings is perceived as continuous motion.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, perceive · To what, where: principal reason, succession

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 perceived	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 succession	det
8	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perceived	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 drawings	case
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 drawings	advmod
11	drawings	drawing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 succession	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 perceived	aux:pass
13	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 motion	case
15	continuous	continuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 motion	amod
16	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perceived	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	perceive	present · passive		a succession of drawings				for the principal reason; as continuous motion	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as motion=Attribute

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 ink of each drawing is displaced upon the page

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ink	det
2	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 displaced	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 drawing	case
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 drawing	det
5	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ink	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 displaced	aux:pass
7	displaced	displace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 page	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 page	det
10	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 displaced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	displace	present · passive		the ink of each drawing				upon the page	tree rules

Option 2

The pages themselves undergo movement of the figures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pages	det
2	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 undergo	nsubj
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 pages	nmod
4	undergo	undergo	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergo	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 figures	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 figures	det
8	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 movement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undergo	infinitive	the pages pages	movement of the figures					tree rules
2	move			the figures					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The eye and brain blend images presented in rapid succession

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eye	det
2	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blend	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 brain	cc
4	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eye	conj
5	blend	blend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 blend	obj
7	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 images	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 succession	case
9	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 succession	amod
10	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blend	present	the eye and brain	images					vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Patient
2	present	participle		images not said here		rapid succession			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The drawings are altered by the viewer's touch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 drawings	det
2	drawings	drawing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 altered	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 altered	aux:pass
4	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 touch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 viewer	det
7	viewer	viewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 touch	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 viewer	case
9	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 altered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present · passive	the viewer's touch	the drawings					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	touch		the viewer						nom touch «event transitive»: poss=agent

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