Exam question 2 · Special effects and stunts

Which of the following most accurately characterises the function of a green screen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 2 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	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 function	det
9	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 screen	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 screen	det
12	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 screen	amod
13	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 function	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of a green screen				accurately property	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

A colour rendering performers taller upon screen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 colour	det
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taller	nsubj
3	rendering	render	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 colour	acl
4	performers	performer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rendering	obj
5	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 screen	case
7	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	gerund	a colour not said here	performers					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent performer=Theme

Option 2

A protective barrier preventing injury to actors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 barrier	det
2	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 barrier	amod
3	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	preventing	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 barrier	acl
5	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preventing	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 actors	case
7	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 preventing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	gerund	a protective barrier not said here	injury				to actors	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer injury=Theme

Option 3

A signal to the audience that a scene has ended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 signal	det
2	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ended	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 audience	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 audience	det
5	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signal	nmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 scene	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 scene	det
8	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 audience	appos
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ended	aux
10	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present · perfect	a signal to the audience						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A background subsequently replaced by computer with another setting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 background	det
2	background	background	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaced	nsubj:pass
3	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	4 replaced	advmod
4	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 computer	case
6	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaced	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 setting	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 setting	det
9	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	participle · passive	computer	a background				with another setting; subsequently property	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme subject=Location with setting=Co-Theme

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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