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title: Identify the principal reason for which the admixture of many paints… — Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, war… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the admixture of many paints yields a brown or grey colour. Exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 1 · Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool

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Identify the principal reason for which the admixture of many paints yields a brown or grey colour.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, admixture · **What happens:** identify, yield, admix · **To what, where:** principal reason, brown colour, many paints

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This is exam question 1 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the admixture of many paints yields a brown or grey colour.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	admixture	admixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	paints	paint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	yields	yield	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **yield** | present | the admixture of many paints | a brown colour |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent colour=Theme for which=Goal |
| 3 | **admix** |  |  | many paints |  |  |  |  | nom admixture «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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 colours cancel one another and become transparent upon the surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e1:o1:1
# text = The colours cancel one another and become transparent upon the surface
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cancel	cancel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	fixed	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	transparent	transparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | present | the colours | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive | the colours *not said here* |  |  |  |  | transparent *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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

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Each paint absorbs a different portion of the light, so little colour remains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e1:o2:1
# text = Each paint absorbs a different portion of the light, so little colour remains
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	absorbs	absorb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absorb** | present | each paint | a different portion of the light |  |  |  | little colour remains *obl* | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal portion=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The mixture of all paints produces white light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e1:o3:1
# text = The mixture of all paints produces white light
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mixture	mixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	paints	paint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | the mixture of all paints | white light |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Paint is by its nature brown in every instance, whatever its apparent hue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e1:o4:1
# text = Paint is by its nature brown in every instance, whatever its apparent hue
1	Paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nmod	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hue	hue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Paint |  |  | every instance  whatever |  | brown *property* | tree rules |

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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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