Test 8 · Special effects and stunts

A friend says a fight "deffo landed" ("deffo" means definitely). What makes a missed punch look real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, fight, deffo, missed punch · What happens: say, land, mean, make, miss, look · To what, where: missed punch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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

Sentence 1: A friend says a fight "deffo landed" ("deffo" means definitely).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fight	det
5	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 landed	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 landed	punct
7	deffo	deffo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 landed	nsubj
8	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 landed	punct
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 deffo	punct
12	deffo	deffo	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	nsubj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 deffo	punct
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
15	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	14 means	advmod
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	land in a quote	past	a fight		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean	present	deffo	definitely property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What makes a missed punch look real?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 punch	det
4	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 punch	amod
5	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present		a missed punch		tree rules
2	miss	participle				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	look	infinitive	a missed punch not said here		real property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Slowing down the film so the fist seems to touch the face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slowing	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 seems	csubj
2	down	down	ADP	_	4 film	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 film	det
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Slowing	obl
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 seems	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fist	det
7	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seems	nsubj
8	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 touch	mark
10	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 seems	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 face	det
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	slow down	gerund		the film	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent film=Patient
2	seem	present	the fist		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	touch	to-infinitive	the fist not said here	the face	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Co-Theme

Option 2

A real hit that is made very soft so nobody gets hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hit	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hit	amod
3	hit	hit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 made	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hit	acl:relcl
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 soft	advmod
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 hurt	advmod
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 hurt	nsubj:pass
11	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hurt	aux:pass
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 made	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		a real hit				soft property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	hurt	present · passive		nobody					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Angle, sound and reaction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sound	punct
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Angle	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 reaction	cc
5	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Angle	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Hiding a thick pillow inside the actor's shirt and jacket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pillow	det
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pillow	amod
4	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obj
5	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 shirt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 actor	det
7	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shirt	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 actor	case
9	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 jacket	cc
11	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shirt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund		a thick pillow		the actor's shirt and jacket			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pillow=Patient inside shirt=Location

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