Exam question 4 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz
Ascertain which of the following was the first full-length film produced entirely by computer animation.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, follow, be, produce · To what, where: first length film
This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 film | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 film | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 film | det |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 film | case |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 film | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 film | det |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 film | amod |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 length | amod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 full | punct |
| 11 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 film | compound |
| 12 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | parataxis |
| 13 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 film | acl |
| 14 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 13 produced | advmod |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 animation | case |
| 16 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 animation | compound |
| 17 | animation | animation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 produced | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | past | of the first length film | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | produce | participle | the first length film not said here | by computer animation; entirely property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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.
The options
Option 1
"Shrek", released in 2001
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shrek | punct |
| 2 | Shrek | Shrek | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shrek | punct |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 released | punct |
| 5 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Shrek | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 2001 | case |
| 7 | 2001 | 2001 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | participle | Shrek not said here | 2001 | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
"Toy Story", released in 1995
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Story | punct |
| 2 | Toy | Toy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Story | compound |
| 3 | Story | Story | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Story | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 released | punct |
| 6 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Story | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1995 | case |
| 8 | 1995 | 1995 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | participle | Toy Story not said here | 1995 | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer |
Option 3
"Spirited Away", released in 2001
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Away | punct |
| 2 | Spirited | Spirited | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Away | compound |
| 3 | Away | Away | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Away | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 released | punct |
| 6 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Away | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 2001 | case |
| 8 | 2001 | 2001 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | participle | Spirited Away not said here | 2001 | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer |
Option 4
"King Kong", released in 1933
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 King | punct |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | Kong | Kong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | flat |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 King | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 released | punct |
| 6 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 King | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1933 | case |
| 8 | 1933 | 1933 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | participle | King not said here | 1933 | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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