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description: Tom from Glasgow says it's dreich ("dreich" means grey and gloomy) and paints the sky pure grey. His friend says, "Shadows and greys can have colour in them." Who is right? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★» of the arts course of Mova's primary school
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★

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Tom from Glasgow says it's dreich ("dreich" means grey and gloomy) and paints the sky pure grey. His friend says, "Shadows and greys can have colour in them." Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, it, dreich, friend, Shadows · **What happens:** say, be, mean, paint, have · **To what, where:** dreich, grey, sky, colour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom from Glasgow says it's dreich ("dreich" means grey and gloomy) and paints the sky pure grey.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t9:1
# text = Tom from Glasgow says it's dreich ("dreich" means grey and gloomy) and paints the sky pure grey.
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dreich	dreich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	dreich	dreich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	paints	paint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 | Tom from Glasgow |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | dreich |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | dreich | grey |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grey=Topic |
| 4 | **paint** | present | Tom from Glasgow *not said here* | the sky |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent sky=Patient grey=Result |

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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:* His friend says, "Shadows and greys can have colour in them."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t9:2
# text = His friend says, "Shadows and greys can have colour in them."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	greys	grey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | dreich's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | can | Shadows and greys | colour |  |  |  | in them *= they* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t9:3
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tom: grey skies have no colour in them at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t9:o1:1
# text = Tom: grey skies have no colour in them at all
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	skies	sky	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Tom | no colour |  | all |  | in skies *= sky* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The friend: greys and shadows often hold blues and purples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t9:o2:1
# text = The friend: greys and shadows often hold blues and purples
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	greys	grey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	blues	blue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	purples	purple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | the friend | blues and purples |  |  |  | often *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blue=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tom: real painters only use black and white for weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t9:o3:1
# text = Tom: real painters only use black and white for weather
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	painters	painter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | real painters |  |  |  |  | black *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The friend: any colour at all, like bright pink, looks right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:42-olympiad-picture-puzzles:t9:o4:1
# text = The friend: any colour at all, like bright pink, looks right
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the friend |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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