Exam question 3 · Special effects and stunts

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the film "King Kong" of 1933.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, film

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 film	det
11	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 Kong	punct
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Kong	compound
14	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 film	appos
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 Kong	punct
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 1933	case
17	1933	1933	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 film	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the film of 1933		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus film=Experiencer

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 gorilla was generated by an early computer built for the purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gorilla	det
2	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 generated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 generated	aux:pass
4	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 computer	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 computer	det
7	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 computer	amod
8	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 generated	obl:agent
9	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 computer	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 purpose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 purpose	det
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	past · passive	a early computer	the gorilla					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	build	participle		a early computer not said here				for the purpose	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for purpose=Asset

Option 2

It was a man on stilts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 man	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 stilts	case
6	stilts	stilt	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a man		stilts			tree rules

Option 3

The gorilla was a trained animal of very great size brought from abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gorilla	det
2	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 animal	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 animal	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
5	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 animal	amod
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 size	case
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 great	advmod
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 size	amod
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 animal	nmod
11	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 size	acl
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 abroad	case
13	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	11 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	train	participle				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the gorilla	a trained animal	of great size	tree rules
3	bring	participle		great size not said here		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from abroad=Initial_Location

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

The gorilla was a small hand-moved model

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gorilla	det
2	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 model	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 model	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 model	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 model	amod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moved	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 hand	punct
8	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 model	amod
9	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	participle							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	the gorilla	a small moved model					tree rules

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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