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title: Which is the best reason stunt performers get paid as experts? — Special effects and stunts · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the best reason stunt performers get paid as experts? Test 10 of lesson 25 «Special effects and stunts» 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 right.
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# Test 10 · Special effects and stunts

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Which is the best reason stunt performers get paid as experts?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 of lesson 25 «Special effects and stunts» 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/25-special-effects-and-stunts/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t10:1
# text = Which is the best reason stunt performers get paid as experts?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stunt	stunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	performers	performer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as experts; pay *property* | tree rules |

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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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They are actors who forgot their lines and were given stunts instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t10:o1:1
# text = They are actors who forgot their lines and were given stunts instead
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	stunts	stunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | actors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | past | actors | actors's lines |  |  |  | instead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | past | actors *not said here* | given stunts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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They train and rehearse with safety teams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t10:o2:1
# text = They train and rehearse with safety teams
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	train	train	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	rehearse	rehearse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rehearse** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with safety teams | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are not afraid of anything at all, so they need no practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t10:o3:1
# text = They are not afraid of anything at all, so they need no practice
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of anything; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | they | no practice |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot practice=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They skip all planning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:25-special-effects-and-stunts:t10:o4:1
# text = They skip all planning
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	skip	skip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | present | They | all planning |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planning=Agent |

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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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