Exam question 4 · Special effects and stunts

Ascertain the procedure by which filmed combat is rendered convincing without injury.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, film, render, convince · To what, where: procedure, filmed combat

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 procedure	det
3	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rendered	obl
6	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 combat	amod
7	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rendered	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rendered	aux:pass
9	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	parataxis
10	convincing	convince	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 rendered	xcomp
11	without	without	ADP	_	12 injury	case
12	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 convincing	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the procedure		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic
2	film	participle				vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	render	present · passive		filmed combat		tree rules
4	convince	gerund			without injury	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Performers wear concealed armour and strike with full force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Performers	performer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 armour	amod
4	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wear	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 strike	cc
6	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 armour	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 force	case
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 force	amod
9	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	Performers	concealed armour and strike				with full force	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armour=Source
2	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Performers strike one another with reduced force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Performers	performer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 strike	nsubj
2	strike	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 strike	obj
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 one	fixed
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 force	case
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 force	amod
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strike	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	present	Performers	one				with reduced force	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent one=Patient with force=Instrument
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Blows are directed to miss, with angle, sound and reaction conveying contact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 directed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 directed	aux:pass
3	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 miss	mark
5	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 directed	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 angle	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 angle	case
8	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 miss	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sound	punct
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 angle	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reaction	cc
12	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 angle	conj
13	conveying	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 angle	acl
14	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conveying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	direct	present · passive		Blows	tree rules
2	miss	to-infinitive		angle and sound and reaction	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer angle=Stimulus
3	convey	gerund	angle and sound and reaction not said here	contact	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent contact=Topic

Option 4

All combat is generated subsequently by computer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 combat	det
2	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 generated	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 generated	aux:pass
4	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	4 generated	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 computer	case
7	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 generated	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present · passive	computer	all combat				subsequently property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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