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description: Ascertain the person principally responsible for the assembly of filmed shots into their final order. Exam question 4 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 question and of each option
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# Exam question 4 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

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Ascertain the person principally responsible for the assembly of filmed shots into their final order.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, shots · **What happens:** ascertain, film, order · **To what, where:** person, final order

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the person principally responsible for the assembly of filmed shots into their final order.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	shots	shot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person |  | shots's final order |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic |
| 2 | **film** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **order** |  | shots *= shot* |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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The editor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e4:o1:1
# text = The editor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The costume maker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e4:o2:1
# text = The costume maker
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	costume	costume	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The caterer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e4:o3:1
# text = The caterer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caterer	caterer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The member of the audience

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:e4:o4:1
# text = The member of the audience
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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