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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★

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The art teacher looks at Kai's photo with the horizon dead in the middle and says, "Hmm, not ideal." What does she really mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** art teacher, teacher · **What happens:** look, say, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The art teacher looks at Kai's photo with the horizon dead in the middle and says, "Hmm, not ideal."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t8:1
# text = The art teacher looks at Kai's photo with the horizon dead in the middle and says, "Hmm, not ideal."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horizon	horizon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	Hmm	hmm	INTJ	UH	_	23	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	ideal	ideal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the art teacher |  |  |  |  | with the horizon; at Kai's photo; dead *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the art teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 does she really mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t8:2
# text = What does she really mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The horizon should go right at the very top edge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t8:o1:1
# text = The horizon should go right at the very top edge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horizon	horizon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | should | the horizon |  |  | the top edge |  | right *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at edge=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The photo is so bad that it must be deleted at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t8:o2:1
# text = The photo is so bad that it must be deleted at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	deleted	delete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the photo |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **delete** | must · passive |  | photo |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Move the horizon onto a third line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t8:o3:1
# text = Move the horizon onto a third line
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horizon	horizon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the horizon |  | a third line |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent horizon=Theme onto line=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The photo is perfect, leave it exactly as it is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t8:o4:1
# text = The photo is perfect, leave it exactly as it is
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the photo |  |  |  |  | perfect *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive |  | photo |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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