Exam question 1 · Special effects and stunts

Identify the principal reason for which the replication of cinematic stunts by members of the public is to be avoided.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, members · What happens: identify, avoid, replicate, stunt · To what, where: principal reason, replication, cinematic stunts

This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Special effects and stunts» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 avoided	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 replication	det
8	replication	replication	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 avoided	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 stunts	case
10	cinematic	cinematic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stunts	amod
11	stunts	stunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 replication	nmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 members	case
13	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stunts	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 public	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 public	det
16	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 members	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 avoided	aux:pass
18	to	to	PART	_	20 avoided	mark
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 avoided	aux:pass
20	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	avoid	present · passive	you not said here	the replication of cinematic stunts by members of the public	for the principal reason	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location
3	replicate			cinematic stunts by members of the public		nom replication «act transitive»: of=patient
4	stunt		members of the public			nom stunt «act intransitive»: by=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 · ← Mova's choice

Stunts are computer-made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stunts	stunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
3	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 computer	punct
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Stunts					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

Stunts are invariably free from all risk and therefore require no imitation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stunts	stunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 free	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 free	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 free	advmod
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 risk	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 risk	det
7	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 require	cc
9	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	10 require	advmod
10	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 free	conj
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 imitation	det
12	imitation	imitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 require	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Stunts			all risk		free, invariably property	tree rules
2	require	present	Stunts not said here	no imitation				therefore property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme imitation=Precondition

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They rely on training and unseen safety equipment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rely	nsubj
2	rely	rely	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 training	case
4	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rely	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 equipment	cc
6	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 equipment	amod
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 equipment	compound
8	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 training	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rely	present	They					on training and unseen safety equipment	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on training=Theme

Option 4

Stunts are prohibited by law only within the premises of cinemas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stunts	stunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 premises	advmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 premises	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 premises	det
9	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 cinemas	case
11	cinemas	cinema	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 premises	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	Stunts				within the premises of cinemas	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	premise			cinemas					nom premise «communication transitive»: of=patient

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