Test 10 · Special effects and stunts

Which is the best reason stunt performers get paid as experts?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 10 of lesson 25 «Special effects and stunts» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 paid	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 paid	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 performers	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 performers	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stunt	compound
6	stunt	stunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performers	compound
7	performers	performer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 paid	nsubj:pass
8	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 paid	aux:pass
9	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 experts	case
11	experts	expert	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 paid	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · passive						as experts; pay 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

They are actors who forgot their lines and were given stunts instead

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	3 actors	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 actors	cop
3	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 forgot	nsubj
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 actors	acl:relcl
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lines	nmod:poss
7	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forgot	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stunts	cc
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stunts	cop
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 stunts	amod
11	stunts	stunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forgot	conj
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 forgot	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	actors		tree rules
2	forget	past	actors	actors's lines	instead property	tree rules
3	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	is a	past	actors not said here	given stunts		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They train and rehearse with safety teams

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 train	nsubj
2	train	train	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 rehearse	cc
4	rehearse	rehearse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 train	conj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 teams	case
6	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teams	compound
7	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rehearse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	present	They						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	rehearse	present	They not said here					with safety teams	vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They are not afraid of anything at all, so they need no practice

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	4 afraid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 afraid	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 afraid	advmod
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 anything	case
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 afraid	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 anything	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 need	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 need	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 need	nsubj
12	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 afraid	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 practice	det
14	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	They					of anything; afraid property	tree rules
2	need	present	they	no practice					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot practice=Theme

Option 4

They skip all planning

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 skip	nsubj
2	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 planning	det
4	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 skip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	present	They	all planning					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planning=Agent

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