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title: Which is true about forty takes of one scene? — How films are made: script, crew, sets… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about forty takes of one scene? Test 11 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.
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# Test 11 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is true about forty takes of one scene?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, take

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t11:1
# text = Which is true about forty takes of one scene?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	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	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
6	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 |
| 2 | **take** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about forty; of one scene | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of scene=Initial\_Location |

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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 {#o1}

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It is against film rules, so the director will be told off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t11:o1:1
# text = It is against film rules, so the director will be told off
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | against film rules | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | future · passive | film rules *not said here* | the director |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It only ever happens in cartoons, never in films with real actors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t11:o2:1
# text = It only ever happens in cartoons, never in films with real actors
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	csubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | It |  |  | cartoons | ever |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It proves that the actor is terrible and should be replaced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t11:o3:1
# text = It proves that the actor is terrible and should be replaced
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the actor |  |  |  |  | terrible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **replace** | should · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is normal on a film set

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t11:o4:1
# text = It is normal on a film set
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | a film set |  | normal *property* | tree rules |

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