--- title: Why do many films today cut every few seconds? — How films are made: script, crew, sets… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do many films today cut every few seconds? Test 10 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; 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/22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing/t10/) [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/) / [How films are made: script, crew, sets…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing/) / t10 # Test 10 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing Why do many films today cut every few seconds? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many films · **What happens:** do, cut This is test 10 of lesson 22 «How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing» 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/22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t10:1 # text = Why do many films today cut every few seconds? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 cut cut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many films *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cut** | present | many films | | | | second; today | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Cameras now stop by themselves every few seconds ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t10:o1:1 # text = Cameras now stop by themselves every few seconds 1 Cameras camera NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 7 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Cameras | | | | now; second | by Cameras *= camera* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Shot lengths have become shorter over the years ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t10:o2:1 # text = Shot lengths have become shorter over the years 1 Shot shot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 lengths length NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present · perfect | Shot lengths | | | | | short *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Editors are paid for every cut they make ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t10:o3:1 # text = Editors are paid for every cut they make 1 Editors editor 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 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present · passive | | Editors | | | | for every cut | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for cut=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | Editors *= editor* | every cut *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cut=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Audiences used to complain films were too fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t10:o4:1 # text = Audiences used to complain films were too fast 1 Audiences audience NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 complain complain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | Audiences | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Audiences *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | films | | | | | tree rules | **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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