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title: «get ming's dad a green hat for his birthday, he likes green» What i… — Colours · tree and pragmatics
description: «get ming's dad a green hat for his birthday, he likes green» What is wrong? Test 1 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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# Test 1 · Colours

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«get ming's dad a green hat for his birthday, he likes green» What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** get, like, be · **To what, where:** green hat, dad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 8 «Colours» of the Chinese street 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/chinese-street/8-colours/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t1:1
# text = «get ming's dad a green hat for his birthday, he likes green» What is wrong?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ming	ming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a green hat | ming's dad |  |  | for his birthday | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent dad=Beneficiary hat=Theme |
| 2 | **like** *in a quote* | present | he |  |  |  |  | green *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Hats mean goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t1:o1:1
# text = Hats mean goodbye
1	Hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Hats | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Green is unlucky on Mondays and birthdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t1:o2:1
# text = Green is unlucky on Mondays and birthdays
1	Green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mondays	Monday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Green |  |  |  | monday | unlucky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, green hats bring a whole year of good luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t1:o3:1
# text = Nothing, green hats bring a whole year of good luck
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Nothing |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

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

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A green hat is a joke about being made a fool of

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t1:o4:1
# text = A green hat is a joke about being made a fool of
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a green hat | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund · passive | a joke *not said here* | a fool |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

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