Test 7 · ★★ · Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool
You want a dark rich blue for night without it going flat. What could you try?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, it · What happens: want, go, try · To what, where: dark rich blue
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: You want a dark rich blue for night without it going flat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 blue | det |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 blue | amod |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 blue | amod |
| 6 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 want | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 want | obl |
| 9 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 11 going | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 going | nsubj |
| 11 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 want | advcl |
| 12 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 11 going | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | You | a dark rich blue | night | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot blue=Theme | |||
| 2 | go | gerund | it | flat property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 could you try?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 try | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 try | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 try | nsubj |
| 4 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 try | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | could | you | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Darken with a deep blue or brown instead of only black
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darken | darken | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 7 brown | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 brown | det |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 blue | amod |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brown | amod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 brown | cc |
| 7 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Darken | advcl |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 11 black | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 instead | fixed |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 black | advmod |
| 11 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | darken | imperative | you not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Add lots and lots of white until it gets darker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Add | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 lots | cc |
| 4 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lots | conj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 white | case |
| 6 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lots | nmod |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 gets | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Add | advcl |
| 10 | darker | dark | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | lots and lots of white | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | present | it | dark property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Add yellow to make it darker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Add | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 make | mark |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Add | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | darker | dark | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | yellow | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yellow=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | dark property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 4
Leave it exactly as it is and hope it dries darker overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 is | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 is | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 is | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hope | cc |
| 8 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 dries | nsubj |
| 10 | dries | dry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hope | ccomp |
| 11 | darker | dark | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 dries | xcomp |
| 12 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 10 dries | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | present | it | exactly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | dry | present | it | dark, overnight property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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