Exam question 1 · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…

Identify the principal reason for which numerous sounds in nature films are added subsequent to filming.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, add, film · To what, where: principal reason, numerous sounds

This is exam question 1 of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» of the biology 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 added	obl
7	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sounds	amod
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 added	nsubj:pass
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 films	case
10	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 films	compound
11	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sounds	nmod
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 added	aux:pass
13	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
14	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 added	xcomp
15	to	to	SCONJ	_	16 filming	mark
16	filming	film	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 subsequent	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	add speech: assert	present · passive		numerous sounds in nature films	for the principal reason; subsequent property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	film	gerund				vn transcribe-25.4 «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

The broadcasting of genuine animal sounds is prohibited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 broadcasting	det
2	broadcasting	broadcasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animal	amod
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broadcasting	nmod
6	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 broadcasting	acl:relcl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prohibited	aux:pass
8	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	the broadcasting of genuine animal not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	prohibit	present · passive		the broadcasting of genuine animal					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Cameras are incapable of recording sound under any conditions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 recording	mark
5	recording	record	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incapable	advcl
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recording	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 conditions	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 conditions	det
9	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recording	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cameras					incapable property	tree rules
2	record	gerund	Cameras not said here	sound		any conditions			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sound=Theme under condition=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The animals declined to produce sounds in the presence of cameras

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 declined	nsubj
3	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 produce	mark
5	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 declined	xcomp
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 produce	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 presence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 presence	det
9	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produce	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 cameras	case
11	cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	past	the animals						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not produce	to-infinitive	the animals not said here	sounds		the presence of cameras			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The genuine sounds were too faint or too distant to be recorded by the camera

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sounds	det
2	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sounds	amod
3	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 faint	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 faint	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 faint	advmod
6	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 distant	cc
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 distant	advmod
9	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 faint	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 recorded	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 recorded	aux:pass
12	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 distant	xcomp
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 camera	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 camera	det
15	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the genuine sounds	faint property	tree rules
2	be		the genuine sounds not said here		tree rules
3	record	to-infinitive · passive	the camera		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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