--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour white in Chinese tradition. Exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Colours» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/e3/) [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/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Colours Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour white in Chinese tradition. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, colour This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Colours» of the Chinese street 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/chinese-street/8-colours/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour white in Chinese tradition. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the colour | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colour=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} It was worn exclusively by the emperors ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e3:o1:1 # text = It was worn exclusively by the emperors 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 emperors emperor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past · passive | the emperors | It | | | | exclusively *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is associated with funerals and mourning ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e3:o2:1 # text = It is associated with funerals and mourning 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 funerals funeral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **associate** | present · passive | | It | | | | with funerals and mourning | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with funeral=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is reserved for wedding celebrations alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e3:o3:1 # text = It is reserved for wedding celebrations alone 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 celebrations celebration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reserve** | present · passive | | It | | | | for wedding celebrations; alone *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for celebration=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} It signifies wealth and prosperity ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e3:o4:1 # text = It signifies wealth and prosperity 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | present | It | wealth and prosperity | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wealth=Theme | **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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