Test 5 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons
Leo's mum says his cartoon was animated abroad. Which is the best conclusion?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, Leo · What happens: say, animate, cartoon, be · To what, where: cartoon, best conclusion · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 23 «Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons» 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
Sentence 1: Leo's mum says his cartoon was animated abroad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Leo | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cartoon | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 animated | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 animated | aux:pass |
| 8 | animated | animate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 8 animated | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Leo's mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | animate | past · passive | Leo's cartoon | abroad property | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cartoon | Leo | nom cartoon «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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.
Sentence 2: Which is the best conclusion?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 conclusion | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 conclusion | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 conclusion | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 conclusion | amod |
| 5 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 conclusion | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best conclusion | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only cartoons made in America count as real cartoons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 cartoons | advmod |
| 2 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 count | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 cartoons | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 America | case |
| 5 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 cartoons | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cartoons | amod |
| 9 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | cartoons not said here | America | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 2 | count | present | cartoons | as real cartoons | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as cartoon=Attribute |
Option 2
The cartoon must be a fake copy of the real American one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 copy | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 copy | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 copy | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 copy | det |
| 6 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 copy | amod |
| 7 | copy | copy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 one | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 one | amod |
| 11 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 one | amod |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 copy | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must | the cartoon | a fake copy | of the real American one | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cartoons are often made across countries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | often | often | ADV | _ | 4 made | advmod |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 countries | case |
| 6 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Cartoons | countries | often property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
One person makes each one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 person | nummod |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 one | det |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | One person | each one | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product |
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