--- title: my mate reckons a red filter turns all light red. right? — Mirrors, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics description: my mate reckons a red filter turns all light red. right? Test 13 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, shadows and colours» of the world 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/world/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/t13/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Mirrors, shadows and colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/) / t13 # Test 13 · Mirrors, shadows and colours my mate reckons a red filter turns all light red. right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, red filter · **What happens:** reckon, turn · **To what, where:** all This is test 13 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, shadows and colours» of the world 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/world/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t13:1 # text = my mate reckons a red filter turns all light red. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 filter filter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obj _ _ 9 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 12 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | my mate | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | present | a red filter | all | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent all=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, it lets every colour through except red ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t13:o1:1 # text = No, it lets every colour through except red 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 except except ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | it | every colour | | red | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it lets only red light through and blocks the other colours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t13:o2:1 # text = No, it lets only red light through and blocks the other colours 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 through through ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 blocks block VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | it | red light | | | | through *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme | | 2 | **block** | present | | the other colours | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer colour=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, but only white light turns red ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, but only white light turns red 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | white light | | | | | red *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it paints every colour red ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, it paints every colour red 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 paints paint VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 red red NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | present | it | every colour | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent colour=Destination | **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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