Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 23 of the arts course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · right ✓

Your mate says, "Cartoons are easy, you just draw once and the computer moves it." What is the best answer?

1. Only stop-motion needs any work, the rest is automatic — no support
2. Animators decide every move, slowly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Cartoons are really filmed with real actors in costumes — score 4
4. He is right, the whole thing takes only a few minutes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 11: «Even with computers, animators still decide every movement; the computer does not make the art by itself.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «decide» (+3); the same doer «animators» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

What would happen if Nina bumped the table between every photo?

1. Nothing at all, because the app fixes every bump by itself — score 0
2. Her film would look much smoother and more like a real cartoon — no support
3. It would look jumpy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The Lego figures would vanish from some of the photos — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 13: «Stop-motion looks jumpy if the camera moves, the light changes or the table is bumped, so animators fix the camera on a stand called a tripod.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

Kid in Texas says, "Shrek was the first computer movie, no cap" ("no cap" means honestly). What is the correction?

1. The first one was Wallace and Gromit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Computer films began in the 1950s — no support
3. He is right, Shrek was first — no support
4. Toy Story came first, in 1995 — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

A cartoon cat runs off a cliff and hangs in the air. Your little brother wants to "try it off the shed". What do you say?

1. Yes, as long as you don't look down — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No way, cartoon physics is not real, you would just fall — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, but jump onto grass — no support
4. Only if you run fast enough — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

Leo's mum says his cartoon was animated abroad. Which is the best conclusion?

1. Only cartoons made in America count as real cartoons — score 4
2. The cartoon must be a fake copy of the real American one — no support
3. Cartoons are often made across countries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. One person makes each one — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 14: «Many TV cartoons are written in one country and drawn in another, often in South Korea, Japan or the Philippines.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «one country» (+4); the same thing acted on «many tv cartoons» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Granda in Cork reckons hand-drawn cartoons are "old hat, sure nobody does that now" ("old hat" means out of date). Which is true?

1. Hand drawing was banned in studios when computers came in — no support
2. He is right, no film anywhere is drawn by hand any more — score 4
3. Hand-drawn films are not allowed to win any big film prizes — no support
4. Ghibli is famous for hand-drawn films — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 12: «Studio Ghibli, a Japanese studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, is famous for hand-drawn films such as My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away, which won an Oscar.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «studio ghibli» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Which is the best first try for a kid making a cartoon?

1. A whole series in one day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A very short animation, like a few seconds — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing, kids cannot animate — no support
4. A two-hour film in one weekend — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Ryan says the four fingers are a mistake. Which is true?

1. Animators really forgot one finger — no support
2. Five fingers cannot be drawn on screens — no support
3. It is a choice that saves time and looks neater — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cartoon characters lost a finger in an accident — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 16: «Many cartoon characters, like Mickey Mouse and the Simpsons, have four fingers because it is quicker to draw and looks clearer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «many cartoon characters» (+2); the same thing acted on «four fingers» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Your Gen Z cousin says Wallace and Gromit is "lowkey a flex" ("lowkey" means kind of, "a flex" means showing off skill). What makes it so impressive?

1. The dog is real — no support
2. Every tiny move is photographed by hand — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It was made with one button on a computer in an afternoon — no support
4. It was filmed in one quick take with the models on strings — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 15: «The hook is the catchiest bit of a song, often in the chorus; writing a good hook takes real skill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «real skill» (+2); the same action «take» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

How is a flipbook like a film?

1. Both need electricity to work — no support
2. Both show still pictures fast to look like movement — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Both are made of plasticine — no support
4. Both show one picture only — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 23, line 6: «A flipbook shows how animation works: still pictures shown quickly look like movement.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); the same thing acted on «pictures» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Olha's mum loved the Cossacks cartoons. Which shows they are a fact of history?

1. They were made by Pixar — score 4
2. They were made in Kyiv, 1960s to 1990s — ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. They were drawn by the Disney studio in Japan in the 1930s — ← Mova's choice · score 12
4. They were made in America last year by a big film company — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 15: «Ukraine has a long cartoon history: a Kyiv studio made the silly Cossacks cartoons from the 1960s to the 1990s.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «kyiv studio» (+4); the same thing acted on «silly cossacks cartoons» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a succession of still drawings is perceived as continuous motion.

1. The ink of each drawing is displaced upon the page — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The pages themselves undergo movement of the figures — no support
3. The eye and brain blend images presented in rapid succession — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The drawings are altered by the viewer's touch — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the film "Toy Story" released in 1995?

1. It was produced entirely by means of plasticine models photographed in succession — score 8
2. The first film with sound — ← Mova's choice · score 14
3. The first full-length wholly computer-animated film — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. It was drawn exclusively by hand upon transparent cels in the traditional manner — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 14, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 9: «Before digital cameras, photos were taken on film that had to be developed with chemicals in a dark room, and a roll often had only 24 or 36 pictures, so peopl…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «film» (+4); the same thing acted on «film» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the depiction of four fingers upon cartoon characters.

1. It is a deliberate simplification that economises on labour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is required by the regulations of broadcasting — no support
3. It is an error repeated by successive animators — no support
4. It reflects the anatomy of every animal depicted — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the measure most appropriate for reducing unwanted jitter in stop-motion animation.

1. The movement of the camera to a new position between successive photographs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The variation of the lighting between successive photographs to add interest — no support
3. A fixed tripod and small movements — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The enlargement of each movement of the figures between photographs — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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