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title: Your cousin says the Tank Man photo "must be fake because it's so dr… — Photography and phone cameras · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says the Tank Man photo "must be fake because it's so dramatic". What is true? Test 8 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Photography and phone cameras

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Your cousin says the Tank Man photo "must be fake because it's so dramatic". What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, Man photo, photo · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says the Tank Man photo "must be fake because it's so dramatic".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t8:1
# text = Your cousin says the Tank Man photo "must be fake because it's so dramatic".
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must | the Man photo |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | photo |  |  |  |  | dramatic *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t8:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Many news photos capture real moments in a split second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t8:o1:1
# text = Many news photos capture real moments in a split second
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	capture	capture	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	moments	moment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	split	split	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | present | Many news photos |  |  |  | moment; second |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dramatic photos are always made by AI or by actors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t8:o2:1
# text = Dramatic photos are always made by AI or by actors
1	Dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	AI	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | AI or actors | Dramatic photos |  |  |  | always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Newspapers never print real photos of real events

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t8:o3:1
# text = Newspapers never print real photos of real events
1	Newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	print	print	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **print** | present | Newspapers | real photos of real events |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All famous photos are set up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t8:o4:1
# text = All famous photos are set up
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | present · passive |  | all famous photos |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

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