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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the film "Toy Story" released in 1995? Exam question 2 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 each 
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# Exam question 2 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the film "Toy Story" released in 1995?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, release · **To what, where:** film, 1995

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the film "Toy Story" released in 1995?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Toy	Toy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	1995	1995	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the film |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **release** | participle |  | the film *not said here* |  | 1995 |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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 {#o1}

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It was produced entirely by means of plasticine models photographed in succession

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e2:o1:1
# text = It was produced entirely by means of plasticine models photographed in succession
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	plasticine	plasticine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	models	model	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	photographed	photograph	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	succession	succession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of plasticine models | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **photograph** | participle |  | plasticine models *not said here* |  | succession |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in succession=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The first film with sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e2:o2:1
# text = The first film with sound
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The first full-length wholly computer-animated film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e2:o3:1
# text = The first full-length wholly computer-animated film
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was drawn exclusively by hand upon transparent cels in the traditional manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:e2:o4:1
# text = It was drawn exclusively by hand upon transparent cels in the traditional manner
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	transparent	transparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cels	cel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	traditional	traditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past · passive | hand | It |  | the traditional manner |  | upon transparent cels; exclusively *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in manner=Destination |

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