Test 1 · ★★ · Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool
Your mate goes, "mix all the colours and you get white, obviously." What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, you, truth · What happens: go, mix, get, be · To what, where: colours
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Your mate goes, "mix all the colours and you get white, obviously."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mix | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mix | punct |
| 6 | mix | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 goes | advcl |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 colours | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 colours | det |
| 9 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mix | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 get | cc |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 get | nsubj |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mix | conj |
| 13 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 get | xcomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 obviously | punct |
| 15 | obviously | obviously | ADV | _ | 6 mix | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mix in a quote | infinitive | Your mate not said here | all colours | obviously property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | |||
| 3 | get in a quote | present | you | white property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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.
Sentence 2: What is the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
With paint you get mud; only light mixes to white
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 paint | case |
| 2 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 mixes | punct |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 light | advmod |
| 8 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mixes | nsubj |
| 9 | mixes | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 white | mark |
| 11 | white | white | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 mixes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | you | mud | with paint | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mud=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | mix | present | light | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | white | to-infinitive | light not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
He's right, all paint mixes to white in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mixes | punct |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 paint | det |
| 6 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mixes | nsubj |
| 7 | mixes | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 white | mark |
| 9 | white | white | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 mixes | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 white | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mix | present | all paint | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | white | to-infinitive | all paint not said here | in the end | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Mixing colours is impossible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mixing | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 impossible | csubj |
| 2 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mixing | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 impossible | cop |
| 4 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | gerund | colours | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Mixing | impossible property | tree rules |
Option 4
All paint mixes to black, always, whatever you use
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 paint | det |
| 2 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mixes | nsubj |
| 3 | mixes | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 black | case |
| 5 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mixes | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 whatever | punct |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 whatever | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 whatever | punct |
| 9 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 mixes | obj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 use | nsubj |
| 11 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 whatever | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | present | all paint | whatever | to black | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient to black=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | use | present | you | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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