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description: Determine the colour obtained when white is added to the complementary colour of purple. Exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★

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Determine the colour obtained when white is added to the complementary colour of purple.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, colour · **What happens:** determine, obtain, add · **To what, where:** white

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-picture-puzzles/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:e1:1
# text = Determine the colour obtained when white is added to the complementary colour of purple.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	complementary	complementary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	purple	purple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | past | the colour |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | white |  |  |  | to the complementary colour of purple | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to colour=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A light yellow, which is a tint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:e1:o1:1
# text = A light yellow, which is a tint
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	yellow	yellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tint	tint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a light yellow and a tint | a tint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A light purple, which is a tint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:e1:o2:1
# text = A light purple, which is a tint
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	purple	purple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tint	tint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a light purple and a tint | a tint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dark yellow, which is a shade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:e1:o3:1
# text = A dark yellow, which is a shade
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	yellow	yellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a dark yellow and a shade | a shade |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A light green, which is a tint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:e1:o4:1
# text = A light green, which is a tint
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tint	tint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a light green and a tint | a tint |  |  |  |  | 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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