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description: Identify the principal reason for which motion pictures are customarily filmed in a sequence other than that of the narrative. Exam question 1 of lesson 22 «How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

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Identify the principal reason for which motion pictures are customarily filmed in a sequence other than that of the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, film · **To what, where:** principal reason, motion pictures, sequence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which motion pictures are customarily filmed in a sequence other than that of the narrative.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | **film** | present · passive |  | motion pictures |  | a sequence than that |  | for the principal reason; customarily *property* | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in sequence=Destination |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To confuse the performers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e1:o1:1
# text = To confuse the performers
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	confuse	confuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	performers	performer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | to-infinitive |  | the performers |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent performer=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The concluding scene is invariably the least demanding and is therefore filmed first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e1:o2:1
# text = The concluding scene is invariably the least demanding and is therefore filmed first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	concluding	concluding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	demanding	demanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the concluding scene | the least demanding |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **film** | present · passive | the concluding scene *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first, therefore *property* | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Scenes sharing a location are recorded together for economy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e1:o3:1
# text = Scenes sharing a location are recorded together for economy
1	Scenes	scene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	economy	economy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund | Scenes *not said here* | a location |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **record** | present · passive |  | Scenes |  |  |  | for economy; together *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Directors are obliged by statute to film every narrative in reverse order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e1:o4:1
# text = Directors are obliged by statute to film every narrative in reverse order
1	Directors	director	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	statute	statute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	film	film	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	reverse	reverse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive | statute | Directors |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **film** | to-infinitive | statute *not said here* | every narrative |  | reverse order |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent narrative=Theme in order=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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