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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the printing of coloured pictures in magazines? Exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 3 · Pencils, paper and school things

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the printing of coloured pictures in magazines?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, print · **To what, where:** printing, coloured pictures

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology 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/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the printing of coloured pictures in magazines?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	magazines	magazine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the printing of coloured pictures in magazines |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **print** |  |  | coloured pictures in magazines |  |  |  |  | nom printing «communication transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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Each colour in the picture is printed with its own separate ink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e3:o1:1
# text = Each colour in the picture is printed with its own separate ink
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present · passive |  | each colour in the picture |  |  |  | with colour's own separate ink | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The picture is painted by hand upon every copy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e3:o2:1
# text = The picture is painted by hand upon every copy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present · passive | hand | the picture |  | every copy |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme upon copy=Destination |

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

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Minute dots of four inks, namely cyan, magenta, yellow and black, are printed in succession

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e3:o3:1
# text = Minute dots of four inks, namely cyan, magenta, yellow and black, are printed in succession
1	Minute	minute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	inks	link	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cyan	cyan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	magenta	magenta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	succession	succession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present · passive |  | Minute dots of four inks |  | succession |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in succession=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Black ink alone is employed and coloured by light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e3:o4:1
# text = Black ink alone is employed and coloured by light
1	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	coloured	colour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | Black ink |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **colour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by light | 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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