Participant 1

Initial description: Create a smaller grid the size of the inset pattern. Copy the differently colored parts of the pattern into this grid. Any squares of the background color should be made black.

Final description: Create a smaller grid the size of the inset pattern. Copy the differently colored parts of the pattern into this grid. Any squares of the background color should be made black.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 2

Initial description: I copied the colored pattern that was not blue and the remaining blue square was changed to black.

Final description: I copied the colored pattern that was not blue and the remaining blue square was changed to black.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 3

Initial description: To shrink the canvas to the size of a square around the non-blue colors and then make any extra cubes of the grid black.

Final description: To shrink the canvas to the size of a square around the non-blue colors and then make any extra cubes of the grid black.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 4

Initial description: Create a square from the colored cells. Fill any additional cells needed to complete the square with black

Final description: Create a square from the colored cells. Fill any additional cells needed to complete the square with black


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 5

Initial description: Section of colored squares where blue is deleted.

Final description: Section of colored squares where blue is deleted.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 6

Initial description: The examples show that for red and green squares the background becomes black.

Final description: Make the output grid match the width and height of the input and make the background squares black.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Incorrect
Attempt 3: Correct

Participant 7

Initial description: Remove all vertical and horizontal lines that are completely blue. Change the remaining blue square to black.

Final description: Remove all vertical and horizontal lines that are completely blue. Change the remaining blue square to black.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 8

Initial description: Move the shape to the bottom right corner.

Final description: Shrink the grid down until only the shape is left.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Incorrect
Attempt 3: Correct

Participant 9

Initial description: You create the smallest box possible around all of the non-blue colored squares and this becomes the size for the output grid. All non-blue squares remain their same color in the output, but blue squares are changed to black.

Final description: You create the smallest box possible around all of the non-blue colored squares and this becomes the size for the output grid. All non-blue squares remain their same color in the output, but blue squares are changed to black.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 10

Initial description: The rule seemed to be to minimize to the test inputs that any colors other than blue to create either a square or rectangle and any blue that is maintained needs to converted to black.

Final description: The rule seemed to be to minimize to the test inputs that any colors other than blue to create either a square or rectangle and any blue that is maintained needs to converted to black.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 11

Initial description: Adjust the grid to encompass all of the different colored cells. Then mark them as you see them in the test input, As if we zoomed in on them. Make sure any of the background color is painted black.

Final description: Adjust the grid to encompass all of the different colored cells. Then mark them as you see them in the test input, As if we zoomed in on them. Make sure any of the background color is painted black.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 12

Initial description: Replacing the size of the grid in the input with the size of the colored boxes in the output. Making a square in the output by adding a black block to fill in.

Final description: Replacing the size of the grid in the input with the size of the colored boxes in the output. Making a square in the output by adding a black block to fill in.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 13

Initial description: To only show the filled grids and if one or more is not filled, you add a black grid on the unfilled part.

Final description: To only show the filled grids and if one or more is not filled, you add a black grid on the unfilled part.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 14

Initial description: Smallest color section with blue turned black

Final description: Smallest color section with blue turned black


Attempt 1: Correct