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title: An editor says, "Snap, then we can sync it" ("sync" means match up).… — How films are made: script, crew, sets… · tree and pragmatics
description: An editor says, "Snap, then we can sync it" ("sync" means match up). What is she using? Test 9 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 rig
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# Test 9 · How films are made: script, crew, sets, editing

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An editor says, "Snap, then we can sync it" ("sync" means match up). What is she using?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** editor, we, sync · **What happens:** say, sync, mean, match up, use · **To what, where:** Snap, editor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An editor says, "Snap, then we can sync it" ("sync" means match up).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t9:1
# text = An editor says, "Snap, then we can sync it" ("sync" means match up).
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Snap	Snap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	sync	sync	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	sync	sync	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
19	match	match	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	_
20	up	up	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 | a editor | Snap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sync** *in a quote* | can | we | editor |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | sync |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **match up** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 she using?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t9:2
# text = What is she using?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive | sync |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A script to check the lines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t9:o1:1
# text = A script to check the lines
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	script	script	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  | the lines |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A microphone to record music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t9:o2:1
# text = A microphone to record music
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	microphone	microphone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	record	record	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | to-infinitive |  | music |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A clapperboard to match sound and picture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t9:o3:1
# text = A clapperboard to match sound and picture
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clapperboard	clapperboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	match	match	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | to-infinitive |  | sound and picture |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A camera flash to light the scene

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing:t9:o4:1
# text = A camera flash to light the scene
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	light	light	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | to-infinitive |  | the scene |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Product |

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