Test 4 · How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, dr…
In a cartoon, a cameraman stands in the open in a bright shirt and wild animals dance in front of him. What do real crews do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cameraman, wild animals, real crews · What happens: stand, dance, be, do · To what, where: cartoon, front
This is test 4 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» of the biology 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: In a cartoon, a cameraman stands in the open in a bright shirt and wild animals dance in front of him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stands | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cameraman | det |
| 6 | cameraman | cameraman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stands | nsubj |
| 7 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 open | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 open | det |
| 10 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stands | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 shirt | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 shirt | det |
| 13 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 shirt | amod |
| 14 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stands | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 dance | cc |
| 16 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 animals | amod |
| 17 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 dance | nsubj |
| 18 | dance | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 stands | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 front | case |
| 20 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 dance | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 him | case |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 front | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 stands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | a cameraman | a cartoon | in the open; in a bright shirt | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location | |||
| 2 | dance | present | wild animals | front of cameraman | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location |
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 do real crews do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 crews | amod |
| 4 | crews | crew | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | real crews | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Ask the animals politely to stand still
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 animals | det |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stand | mark |
| 6 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 stand | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the animals | politely property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | stand not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Film only animals that live in cages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 animals | advmod |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Film | conj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 live | nsubj |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 animals | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cages | case |
| 7 | cages | cage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | animals | cages | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Hide or use remote cameras so animals behave naturally
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 use | cc |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hide | conj |
| 4 | remote | remote | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cameras | amod |
| 5 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | obj |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 behave | mark |
| 7 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 behave | nsubj |
| 8 | behave | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 use | advcl |
| 9 | naturally | naturally | ADV | _ | 8 behave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | use | infinitive | you not said here | remote cameras | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Patient | ||||
| 3 | behave | present | animals | naturally property | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Wear bright clothes, because the colours attract the animals closer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 clothes | amod |
| 3 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 1 Wear | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 attract | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 attract | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 colours | det |
| 7 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 attract | nsubj |
| 8 | attract | attract | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wear | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 animals | det |
| 10 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 attract | obj |
| 11 | closer | close | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 attract | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | bright clothes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source | ||||
| 2 | attract | present | the colours | the animals | close property | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
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