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title: Your mate goes, "mix all the colours and you get white, obviously."… — Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, war… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes, "mix all the colours and you get white, obviously." What is the truth? Test 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; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool

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Your mate goes, "mix all the colours and you get white, obviously." What is the truth?

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "mix all the colours and you get white, obviously."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes, "mix all the colours and you get white, obviously."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t1:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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With paint you get mud; only light mixes to white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t1:o1:1
# text = With paint you get mud; only light mixes to white
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	mixes	mix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	white	white	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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He's right, all paint mixes to white in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t1:o2:1
# text = He's right, all paint mixes to white in the end
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	mixes	mix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	white	white	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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Mixing colours is impossible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t1:o3:1
# text = Mixing colours is impossible
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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All paint mixes to black, always, whatever you use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t1:o4:1
# text = All paint mixes to black, always, whatever you use
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mixes	mix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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