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title: Your mate says, "Cartoons are easy, you just draw once and the compu… — Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, com… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate says, "Cartoons are easy, you just draw once and the computer moves it." What is the best answer? Test 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 each opti
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# Test 1 · Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons

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Your mate says, "Cartoons are easy, you just draw once and the computer moves it." What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, Cartoons, you, computer, best answer · **What happens:** say, be, draw, move · **To what, where:** mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 23 «Animation: flipbooks, stop-motion, computer cartoons» 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/23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate says, "Cartoons are easy, you just draw once and the computer moves it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:t1:1
# text = Your mate says, "Cartoons are easy, you just draw once and the computer moves it."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	draw	draw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Cartoons |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **draw** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **move** *in a quote* | present | the computer | mate |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:t1:2
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only stop-motion needs any work, the rest is automatic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:t1:o1:1
# text = Only stop-motion needs any work, the rest is automatic
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | only *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | motion |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** | present | any work and the rest |  |  |  |  | automatic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Animators decide every move, slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:t1:o2:1
# text = Animators decide every move, slowly
1	Animators	animator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | Animators | every move |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent move=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cartoons are really filmed with real actors in costumes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:t1:o3:1
# text = Cartoons are really filmed with real actors in costumes
1	Cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	costumes	costume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | present · passive |  | Cartoons |  | costumes |  | with real actors | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in costume=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is right, the whole thing takes only a few minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons:t1:o4:1
# text = He is right, the whole thing takes only a few minutes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | the whole thing |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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