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title: «I'm doing my name in red pen, looks sick» Why might Ming's mum stop… — Colours · tree and pragmatics
description: «I'm doing my name in red pen, looks sick» Why might Ming's mum stop you? Test 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · Colours

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«I'm doing my name in red pen, looks sick» Why might Ming's mum stop you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, mum, my · **What happens:** do, look, stop, name · **To what, where:** name, red pen, you

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t3:1
# text = «I'm doing my name in red pen, looks sick» Why might Ming's mum stop you?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
15	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
16	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | my name |  | red pen |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stop** | might | Ming's mum | you |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector you=Eventuality |
| 4 | **name** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is too bright and hurts the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t3:o1:1
# text = It is too bright and hurts the eyes
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	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | present |  | the eyes |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Red pen smudges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t3:o2:1
# text = Red pen smudges
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	smudges	smudge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Red pen is only for teachers to mark with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t3:o3:1
# text = Red pen is only for teachers to mark with
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Red pen |  |  |  |  | for teachers | tree rules |
| 2 | **mark** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Names in red ink were once for the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t3:o4:1
# text = Names in red ink were once for the dead
1	Names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Names in red ink |  |  |  |  | for the dead; once *property* | tree rules |

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