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title: A spy cartoon shows lemon writing appearing by itself after an hour.… — Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow · tree and pragmatics
description: A spy cartoon shows lemon writing appearing by itself after an hour. What's the real way? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 3 · ★ · Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow

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A spy cartoon shows lemon writing appearing by itself after an hour. What's the real way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spy cartoon, lemon writing, real way · **What happens:** show, appear, be · **To what, where:** lemon writing

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A spy cartoon shows lemon writing appearing by itself after an hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t3:1
# text = A spy cartoon shows lemon writing appearing by itself after an hour.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	appearing	appear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a spy cartoon | lemon writing |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent writing=Recipient |
| 2 | **appear** | gerund | lemon writing *not said here* |  |  |  | hour | by cartoon | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |

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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's the real way?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t3:2
# text = What's the real way?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It shows only when warmed by a grown-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t3:o1:1
# text = It shows only when warmed by a grown-up
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	warmed	warm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **warm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a grown up | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It shows after an hour in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t3:o2:1
# text = It shows after an hour in the dark
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  |  | the dark | hour |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It shows when soaked in cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t3:o3:1
# text = It shows when soaked in cold water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **soak** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in cold water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in water=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It shows if you breathe on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t3:o4:1
# text = It shows if you breathe on it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **breathe** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  | it |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination |

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