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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the work of a Foley artist? Exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons» 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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# Exam question 2 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the work of a Foley artist?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Foley artist · **What happens:** follow, characteris, work · **To what, where:** work

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and 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/24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the work of a Foley artist?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Foley	Foley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 work of a Foley artist |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** |  | a Foley artist |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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The translation of dialogue into other languages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e2:o1:1
# text = The translation of dialogue into other languages
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dialogue	dialogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **translate** |  | dialogue |  |  | other languages |  |  | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=agent into=place |

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

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The creation in a studio of everyday sounds matched to the film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e2:o2:1
# text = The creation in a studio of everyday sounds matched to the film
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	studio	studio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	everyday	everyday	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	matched	match	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | past | the creation |  |  | a studio of everyday sounds |  | to the film | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to film=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The composition of the principal musical theme

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e2:o3:1
# text = The composition of the principal musical theme
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	musical	musical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	theme	theme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The construction of the cinema's loudspeakers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e2:o4:1
# text = The construction of the cinema's loudspeakers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	loudspeakers	loudspeaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** |  |  | the cinema's loudspeakers |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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