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title: Colours — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 8 «Colours» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Colours

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The 15 questions of lesson 8 «Colours» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/8-colours/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t1/) — «get ming's dad a green hat for his birthday, he likes green» What is wrong? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t2/) — You bring white flowers to Ming's birthday. What might his granny think? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t3/) — «I'm doing my name in red pen, looks sick» Why might Ming's mum stop you? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t4/) — «lùsè, the road colour lol» What did you mean to say? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t5/) — «ugh his little bro wants pink, boys can't like pink» What is right? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t6/) — You ask for a chéngsè to eat. Why does Ming laugh? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t7/) — Ming jumps out shouting «hēi!». What does he mean? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t8/) — What would happen if you said zì instead of zǐ for purple? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t9/) — In a cartoon an emperor's robe is painted green. What would real old stories say? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t10/) — «my dog's kāfēisè» What colour is the dog? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t11/) — Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!» What does she want? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/e1/) — Identify the colour customarily associated with good fortune and celebration in Chinese culture. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/e2/) — Ascertain the reason for which the presentation of a green hat to a man is to be avoided. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour white in Chinese tradition. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the element sè in the names of colours? — right ✓ · exam

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