Exam question 4 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons

Ascertain the measure most appropriate for reducing unwanted jitter in stop-motion animation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, unwanted · What happens: ascertain, reduce, jitter · To what, where: measure, motion animation

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 measure	det
3	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriate	advmod
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	xcomp
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 reducing	mark
7	reducing	reduce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 appropriate	advcl
8	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jitter	nsubj
9	jitter	jitter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reducing	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 animation	case
11	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 motion	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 stop	punct
13	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 animation	compound
14	animation	animation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jitter	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the measure		appropriate property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic
2	reduce	gerund	you not said here				vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Causer clause=Goal
3	jitter	present	unwanted		motion animation		tree rules

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 movement of the camera to a new position between successive photographs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 movement	det
2	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 camera	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 camera	det
5	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 movement	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 position	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 position	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 position	amod
9	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 movement	nmod
10	between	between	ADP	_	12 photographs	case
11	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 photographs	amod
12	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 position	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move			the camera				to a new position between successive photographs	nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 2

The variation of the lighting between successive photographs to add interest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 variation	det
2	variation	variation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 lighting	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lighting	det
5	lighting	lighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 variation	nmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 photographs	case
7	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 photographs	amod
8	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lighting	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 add	mark
10	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 variation	acl
11	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	to-infinitive		interest					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient
2	vary		the lighting between successive photographs						nom variation «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A fixed tripod and small movements

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tripod	det
2	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tripod	amod
3	tripod	tripod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 movements	cc
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 movements	amod
6	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tripod	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The enlargement of each movement of the figures between photographs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 enlargement	det
2	enlargement	enlargement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 movement	case
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 movement	det
5	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enlargement	nmod
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
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 photographs	case
10	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 figures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enlarge			each movement of the figures between photographs					nom enlargement «act transitive»: of=patient
2	move			the figures between photographs					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

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