--- title: Kyle takes photos looking down at his little sister. What would make… — Photography and phone cameras · tree and pragmatics description: Kyle takes photos looking down at his little sister. What would make them better? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 20 «Photography and phone cameras» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Photography and phone cameras](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Photography and phone cameras Kyle takes photos looking down at his little sister. What would make them better? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kyle, photos · **What happens:** take, look down, make · **To what, where:** photos This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 20 «Photography and phone cameras» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kyle takes photos looking down at his little sister. ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t11:1 # text = Kyle takes photos looking down at his little sister. 1 Kyle Kyle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 photos photo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | Kyle | photos | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme | | 2 | **look down** | gerund | photos *not said here* | | | | | at Kyle's little sister; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sister=Theme | 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 would make them better? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t11:2 # text = What would make them better? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | | photos *= photo* | | | | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary they=Product | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Zooming in from far away across the room ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t11:o1:1 # text = Zooming in from far away across the room 1 Zooming zoom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 across across ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **zoom in** | gerund | | | | the room | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across room=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Turning off the camera to watch her ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t11:o2:1 # text = Turning off the camera to watch her 1 Turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn off** | gerund | | the camera | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent camera=Patient | | 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Standing on a chair to go higher ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t11:o3:1 # text = Standing on a chair to go higher 1 Standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | gerund | | | | a chair | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | high *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Getting down to her eye level ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t11:o4:1 # text = Getting down to her eye level 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get down** | gerund | | | | | | to her eye level *result*; down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to level=Result | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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