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title: Dad, holding a pink shirt: "who put a bloody red sock in with the wh… — Dyes, inks and colouring · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, holding a pink shirt: "who put a bloody red sock in with the whites?" What happened? Test 2 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 was wrong.
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# Test 2 · Dyes, inks and colouring

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Dad, holding a pink shirt: "who put a bloody red sock in with the whites?" What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** hold, put in, happen · **To what, where:** pink shirt, bloody red sock

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This is test 2 of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» 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/27-dyes-inks-colouring/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, holding a pink shirt: "who put a bloody red sock in with the whites?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t2:1
# text = Dad, holding a pink shirt: "who put a bloody red sock in with the whites?"
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	whites	white	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | Dad *not said here* | a pink shirt |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme |
| 2 | **put in** *in a quote* | past | Dad | a bloody red sock |  |  |  | with the whites | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sock=Goal |

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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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t2:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Loose red dye moved onto the white shirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t2:o1:1
# text = Loose red dye moved onto the white shirt
1	Loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dye	dye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | Loose red dye |  |  | the white shirt |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme onto shirt=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hot water turned the white shirt red all over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t2:o2:1
# text = The hot water turned the white shirt red all over
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the hot water | the white shirt |  |  |  | over *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The shirt soaked up red light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t2:o3:1
# text = The shirt soaked up red light
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | participle | the shirt *not said here* | red light |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The machine was painted inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:27-dyes-inks-colouring:t2:o4:1
# text = The machine was painted inside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past · passive |  | the machine |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

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