Test 11 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons
Ben thought the music "came with the pictures". What really happens?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, music · What happens: think, come, happen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and 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: Ben thought the music "came with the pictures".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 music | det |
| 4 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 music | punct |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 pictures | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pictures | det |
| 9 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 came | obl |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Ben | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | past | the music | with the pictures | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What really happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A composer writes it for the film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 composer | det |
| 2 | composer | composer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 writes | nsubj |
| 3 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 writes | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 film | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 film | det |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 writes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | a composer | it | for the film | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Result for film=Beneficiary |
Option 2
The camera records music from the air along with the pictures
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 music | det |
| 2 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 records | compound |
| 3 | records | record | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 music | compound |
| 4 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 air | det |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 music | nmod |
| 8 | along | along | ADP | _ | 11 pictures | case |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 pictures | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pictures | det |
| 11 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 music | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Music grows on the film by itself as it is being developed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grows | nsubj |
| 2 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 film | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 film | det |
| 5 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grows | obl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 itself | case |
| 7 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 grows | obl |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 developed | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 developed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 developed | aux:pass |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 developed | aux:pass |
| 12 | developed | develop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 grows | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Music | the film | by Music | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on film=Location | |||
| 2 | develop | present · passive | Music | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
The actors hum the music quietly while they are being filmed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 actors | det |
| 2 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hum | nsubj |
| 3 | hum | hum | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 music | det |
| 5 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hum | obj |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 3 hum | advmod |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 filmed | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 filmed | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 filmed | aux:pass |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 filmed | aux:pass |
| 11 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 hum | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hum | present | the actors | the music | quietly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Topic | |||
| 2 | film | present · passive | actors = actor | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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