Exam question 2 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the film "Toy Story" released in 1995?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, release · To what, where: film, 1995

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 film	det
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Story	punct
12	Toy	Toy	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Story	compound
13	Story	Story	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 film	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Story	punct
15	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 film	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 1995	case
17	1995	1995	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 released	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the film		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	release	participle	the film not said here	1995		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

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

It was produced entirely by means of plasticine models photographed in succession

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 produced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 means	advcl
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 models	case
8	plasticine	plasticine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 models	compound
9	models	model	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 means	obl
10	photographed	photograph	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 models	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 succession	case
12	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 photographed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	produce	past · passive	It		entirely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	mean	present			of plasticine models	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	photograph	participle	plasticine models not said here	succession		vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in succession=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The first film with sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 film	amod
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 sound	case
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 film	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The first full-length wholly computer-animated film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 length	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 length	amod
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 length	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 full	punct
5	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	10 film	advmod
7	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 film	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 computer	punct
9	animated	animated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 film	amod
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 length	nmod

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

Option 4

It was drawn exclusively by hand upon transparent cels in the traditional manner

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 drawn	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drawn	aux:pass
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 drawn	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 hand	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 cels	case
8	transparent	transparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cels	amod
9	cels	cel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 manner	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 manner	det
12	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 manner	amod
13	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past · passive	hand	It		the traditional manner		upon transparent cels; exclusively property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in manner=Destination

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