--- title: You bring white flowers to Ming's birthday. What might his granny th… — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: You bring white flowers to Ming's birthday. What might his granny think? Test 2 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · Colours You bring white flowers to Ming's birthday. What might his granny think? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, granny · **What happens:** bring, think · **To what, where:** white flowers This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You bring white flowers to Ming's birthday. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t2:1 # text = You bring white flowers to Ming's birthday. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | You | white flowers | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What might his granny think? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t2:2 # text = What might his granny think? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | might | Ming's granny | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} White is the luckiest colour ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t2:o1:1 # text = White is the luckiest colour 1 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 luckiest lucky ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | White | the luckiest colour | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} White means «I love you» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t2:o2:1 # text = White means «I love you» 1 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | White | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **love** *in a quote* | present | I | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} White is for funerals, not parties ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t2:o3:1 # text = White is for funerals, not parties 1 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 funerals funeral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | White | | | | | for funerals and parties | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} White flowers are only for teachers ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t2:o4:1 # text = White flowers are only for teachers 1 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | White flowers | | | | | for teachers | tree rules | **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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