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title: Ascertain the reason for which a white garment acquires a pink colou… — Dyes, inks and colouring · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which a white garment acquires a pink colour when laundered with a red sock. Exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» 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 wa
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# Exam question 4 · Dyes, inks and colouring

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Ascertain the reason for which a white garment acquires a pink colour when laundered with a red sock.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, white garment · **What happens:** ascertain, acquire, launder · **To what, where:** reason, pink colour

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which a white garment acquires a pink colour when laundered with a red sock.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	acquires	acquire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
14	laundered	launder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **acquire** | present | a white garment | a pink colour |  |  |  | for the reason | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent colour=Theme for which=Asset |
| 3 | **launder** | participle | a white garment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a red sock | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loose dye is released into the water and attaches to the garment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:e4:o1:1
# text = Loose dye is released into the water and attaches to the garment
1	Loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dye	dye	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	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	attaches	attach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | present · passive |  | Loose dye |  | the water |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **attach** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the garment | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to garment=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The temperature of the water converts white to pink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:e4:o2:1
# text = The temperature of the water converts white to pink
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	converts	convert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pink	pink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present | the temperature of the water |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pink** | to-infinitive | the temperature of the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The garment reflects the colour of the sock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:e4:o3:1
# text = The garment reflects the colour of the sock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reflects	reflect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | present | the garment | the colour of the sock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The detergent contains a red pigment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:e4:o4:1
# text = The detergent contains a red pigment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	detergent	detergent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pigment	pigment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | the detergent | a red pigment |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pigment=Theme |

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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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