Test 4 · ★ · Facing fears
Why do frightening films not show real danger?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: frightening films · What happens: do, not show · To what, where: real danger
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» of the everyday 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 do | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 show | advcl |
| 3 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 films | amod |
| 4 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 show | nsubj |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 show | advmod |
| 6 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 danger | amod |
| 8 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | frightening films not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not show | present | frightening films | real danger | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent danger=Recipient |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They are made up, with special effects
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 made | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 effects | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 effects | case |
| 7 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 effects | amod |
| 8 | effects | effect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | present · passive | They | with special effects | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
Option 2
They are always about the past
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 | 6 past | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 past | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 past | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 past | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 past | det |
| 6 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | about the past; always property | tree rules |
Option 3
Films are filmed in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 filmed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 filmed | aux:pass |
| 3 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 dark | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dark | det |
| 6 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 filmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film | present · passive | Films | the dark | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in dark=Destination |
Option 4
Monsters only live far away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monsters | monster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Monsters | away property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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