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description: Identify the principal characteristic of oil paint by virtue of which painters could achieve smooth blending. Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 1 · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes

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Identify the principal characteristic of oil paint by virtue of which painters could achieve smooth blending.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, painters · **What happens:** identify, achieve · **To what, where:** principal characteristic, smooth blending

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» 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/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal characteristic of oil paint by virtue of which painters could achieve smooth blending.
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	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
12	painters	painter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	achieve	achieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	blending	blending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 characteristic of oil paint |  |  |  | by virtue | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme |
| 2 | **achieve** | could | painters | smooth blending |  |  |  | of virtue | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blending=Eventuality |

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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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It dries within a matter of seconds upon contact with the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e1:o1:1
# text = It dries within a matter of seconds upon contact with the air
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | It |  |  |  |  | within a matter of seconds upon contact with the air | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **matter** |  | seconds upon contact with the air |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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It dries slowly, permitting prolonged working of the paint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e1:o2:1
# text = It dries slowly, permitting prolonged working of the paint
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
6	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | It |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **permit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **prolong** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of the paint | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is incapable of being blended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e1:o3:1
# text = It is incapable of being blended
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	blended	blend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | incapable |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blend** | gerund · passive |  | incapable *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is diluted exclusively with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e1:o4:1
# text = It is diluted exclusively with water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	diluted	dilute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dilute** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with water; exclusively *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument |

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