--- title: Identify the principal reason for which a succession of still drawin… — Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, com… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which a succession of still drawings is perceived as continuous motion. Exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons/e1/) [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/) / [Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, com…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons Identify the principal reason for which a succession of still drawings is perceived as continuous motion. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, perceive · **To what, where:** principal reason, succession This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons» 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/23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which a succession of still drawings is perceived as continuous motion. 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 13 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 succession succession NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 drawings drawing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 perceived perceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 continuous continuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **perceive** | present · passive | | a succession of drawings | | | | for the principal reason; as continuous motion | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as motion=Attribute | 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} The ink of each drawing is displaced upon the page ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e1:o1:1 # text = The ink of each drawing is displaced upon the page 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 displaced displace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **displace** | present · passive | | the ink of each drawing | | | | upon the page | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The pages themselves undergo movement of the figures ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e1:o2:1 # text = The pages themselves undergo movement of the figures 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ 4 undergo undergo VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **undergo** | infinitive | the pages pages | movement of the figures | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | | | the figures | | | | | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The eye and brain blend images presented in rapid succession ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e1:o3:1 # text = The eye and brain blend images presented in rapid succession 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 blend blend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 images image NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 succession succession NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blend** | present | the eye and brain | images | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Patient | | 2 | **present** | participle | | images *not said here* | | rapid succession | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The drawings are altered by the viewer's touch ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e1:o4:1 # text = The drawings are altered by the viewer's touch 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 drawings drawing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 viewer viewer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alter** | present · passive | the viewer's touch | the drawings | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **touch** | | the viewer | | | | | | nom touch «event transitive»: poss=agent | **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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