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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★

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An Aussie kid says Van Gogh painted heaps ("heaps" means lots) of sunflowers in 1888 and 1889. Were they all fresh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aussie kid, Van, heaps · **What happens:** say, paint, mean, be · **To what, where:** heaps, lots · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-picture-puzzles/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An Aussie kid says Van Gogh painted heaps ("heaps" means lots) of sunflowers in 1888 and 1889.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t11:1
# text = An Aussie kid says Van Gogh painted heaps ("heaps" means lots) of sunflowers in 1888 and 1889.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Aussie	aussie	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
14	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	1888	1888	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	1889	1889	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Aussie kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **paint** | past | Van | heaps |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent heap=Destination |
| 3 | **mean** | present | heaps | lots of sunflowers in 1888 |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic |

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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:* Were they all fresh?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t11:2
# text = Were they all fresh?
1	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | heaps *= heap* |  |  |  |  | fresh *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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No, they go from fresh to wilting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t11:o1:1
# text = No, they go from fresh to wilting
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	wilting	wilt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | they |  |  | fresh |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from fresh=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **wilt** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, they were all dead, dried flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t11:o2:1
# text = No, they were all dead, dried flowers
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | all, dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, he only painted plastic sunflowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, he only painted plastic sunflowers
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past | he | plastic sunflowers |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sunflower=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, every one is a fresh, open flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, every one is a fresh, open flower
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every one | a fresh open flower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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