Exam question 2 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons

Which of the following most accurately characterises the work of a Foley artist?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Foley artist · What happens: follow, characteris, work · To what, where: work

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and 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	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 work	det
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 artist	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 artist	det
12	Foley	Foley	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 artist	compound
13	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 work	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the work of a Foley artist	accurately property	tree rules
3	work		a Foley artist			nom work «act intransitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

The translation of dialogue into other languages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 translation	det
2	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 dialogue	case
4	dialogue	dialogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 translation	nmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 languages	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 languages	amod
7	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 translation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	translate		dialogue			other languages			nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=agent into=place

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The creation in a studio of everyday sounds matched to the film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 creation	det
2	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matched	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 studio	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 studio	det
5	studio	studio	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matched	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sounds	case
7	everyday	everyday	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sounds	amod
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 studio	nmod
9	matched	match	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 film	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 film	det
12	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	match	past	the creation			a studio of everyday sounds		to the film	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to film=Co-Patient

Option 3

The composition of the principal musical theme

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 composition	det
2	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 theme	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 theme	det
5	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 theme	amod
6	musical	musical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 theme	amod
7	theme	theme	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 composition	nmod

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

Option 4

The construction of the cinema's loudspeakers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 loudspeakers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cinema	det
5	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loudspeakers	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cinema	case
7	loudspeakers	loudspeaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			the cinema's loudspeakers					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

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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