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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises complementary colours? Exam question 3 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; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 3 · Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises complementary colours?

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises complementary colours?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	complementary	complementary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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Colours situated adjacent upon the colour wheel which blend together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e3:o1:1
# text = Colours situated adjacent upon the colour wheel which blend together
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	situated	situate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	blend	blend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Colours situated opposite upon the colour wheel which intensify one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e3:o2:1
# text = Colours situated opposite upon the colour wheel which intensify one another
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	situated	situate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	intensify	intensify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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Colours obtained by the addition of white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e3:o3:1
# text = Colours obtained by the addition of white
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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Colours which invariably clash and must not be combined

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:e3:o4:1
# text = Colours which invariably clash and must not be combined
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	clash	clash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	combined	combine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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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