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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Colours · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the element sè in the names of colours? Exam question 4 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.
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# Exam question 4 · Colours

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the element sè in the names of colours?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, name · **To what, where:** element sè, names, colours

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the element sè in the names of colours?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sè	sè	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the element sè |  | the names of colours |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | colours |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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It indicates the plural

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e4:o1:1
# text = It indicates the plural
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plural	plural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | the plural |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plural=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is an intensifying particle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e4:o2:1
# text = It is an intensifying particle
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	intensifying	intensify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	particle	particle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intensify** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a intensifying particle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It denotes a particular shade of red or orange

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e4:o3:1
# text = It denotes a particular shade of red or orange
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a particular shade of red |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shade=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is the word signifying colour itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:e4:o4:1
# text = It is the word signifying colour itself
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **signify** | gerund | the word *not said here* | colour  colour |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot colour=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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