Exam question 3 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the depiction of four fingers upon cartoon characters.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, depict · To what, where: response, depiction, four fingers

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 depiction	det
11	depiction	depiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fingers	case
13	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 fingers	nummod
14	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 depiction	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 characters	case
16	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 characters	compound
17	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fingers	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the depiction of four fingers upon cartoon characters		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus depiction=Experiencer
4	depict			four fingers upon cartoon characters		nom depiction «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 a deliberate simplification that economises on labour

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	5 simplification	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 simplification	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 simplification	det
4	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 simplification	amod
5	simplification	simplification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 economises	nsubj
7	economises	economise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 simplification	acl:relcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 labour	case
9	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 economises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a deliberate simplification					tree rules
2	economise	present	a deliberate simplification			labour			tree rules

Option 2

It is required by the regulations of broadcasting

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 regulations	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 regulations	det
6	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 broadcasting	case
8	broadcasting	broadcasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regulations	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	the regulations of broadcasting	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition
2	regulate			broadcasting					nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is an error repeated by successive animators

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	4 error	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 error	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 error	det
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 error	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 animators	case
7	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animators	amod
8	animators	animator	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 repeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a error					tree rules
2	repeat	participle		a error not said here				by successive animators	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

It reflects the anatomy of every animal depicted

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	2 reflects	nsubj
2	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 anatomy	det
4	anatomy	anatomy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflects	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 anatomy	nmod
8	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 animal	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	It	the anatomy of every animal					tree rules
2	depict	participle		every animal not said here					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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