Exam question 3 · Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises complementary colours?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: complementary colours

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	complementary	complementary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colours	amod
10	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	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		complementary colours				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1

Colours situated adjacent upon the colour wheel which blend together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 situated	nsubj
2	situated	situate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 situated	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 wheel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wheel	det
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wheel	compound
7	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 situated	obl
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 blend	nsubj
9	blend	blend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wheel	acl:relcl
10	together	together	ADV	_	9 blend	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	past	Colours			the colour wheel		adjacent property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon wheel=Destination
2	blend	present	the colour wheel					together property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Colours situated opposite upon the colour wheel which intensify one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 situated	nsubj
2	situated	situate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 situated	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 wheel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wheel	det
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wheel	compound
7	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 situated	obl
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 intensify	nsubj
9	intensify	intensify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wheel	acl:relcl
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 intensify	obj
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 one	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	past	Colours			the colour wheel		opposite property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon wheel=Destination
2	intensify	present	the colour wheel	one					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 3

Colours obtained by the addition of white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Colours	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 addition	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 addition	det
5	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 white	case
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 addition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	participle		Colours not said here				by the addition of white	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

Colours which invariably clash and must not be combined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clash	nsubj
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 clash	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 clash	advmod
4	clash	clash	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 combined	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 combined	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 combined	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 combined	aux:pass
9	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 clash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not combine	must · passive							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»

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