--- title: Which colour is designated as sacred within the Chinese temple descr… — Andersen, The Moon's Tales, part 119:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which colour is designated as sacred within the Chinese temple described? Exam question 2 of lesson 908 «Andersen, The Moon's Tales, part 119: the Moon shows a temple, a swan and a dancing bear» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/908-pg27200-part119/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen, The Moon's Tales, part 119:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/908-pg27200-part119/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen, The Moon's Tales, part 119: the Moon shows a tem… Which colour is designated as sacred within the Chinese temple described? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** designate, describe · **To what, where:** colour, Chinese temple This is exam question 2 of lesson 908 «Andersen, The Moon's Tales, part 119: the Moon shows a temple, a swan and a dancing bear» of the books 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/books/908-pg27200-part119/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:908-pg27200-part119:e2:1 # text = Which colour is designated as sacred within the Chinese temple described? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour 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 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 7 within within ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **designate** | present · passive | | which colour | | | | as sacred; within the Chinese temple | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as sacred=Attribute | | 2 | **describe** | participle | | the Chinese temple *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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} the golden hue of imperial silk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:908-pg27200-part119:e2:o1:1 # text = the golden hue of imperial silk 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hue hue NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} crimson ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:908-pg27200-part119:e2:o2:1 # text = crimson 1 crimson crimson NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} scarlet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:908-pg27200-part119:e2:o3:1 # text = scarlet 1 scarlet scarlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yellow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:908-pg27200-part119:e2:o4:1 # text = yellow 1 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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