Exam question 3 · Colours

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour white in Chinese tradition.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, colour

This is exam question 3 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 colour	det
11	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 colour	amod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 tradition	case
14	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tradition	amod
15	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 white	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the colour		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colour=Experiencer

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

Option 1

It was worn exclusively by the emperors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worn	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	aux:pass
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 worn	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 emperors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 emperors	det
7	emperors	emperor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · passive	the emperors	It				exclusively property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is associated with funerals and mourning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 associated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 associated	aux:pass
3	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 funerals	case
5	funerals	funeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 associated	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mourning	cc
7	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 funerals	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	associate	present · passive		It				with funerals and mourning	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with funeral=Co-Patient

Option 3

It is reserved for wedding celebrations alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reserved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reserved	aux:pass
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 celebrations	case
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 celebrations	compound
6	celebrations	celebration	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reserved	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 reserved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		It				for wedding celebrations; alone property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for celebration=Beneficiary

Option 4

It signifies wealth and prosperity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 prosperity	cc
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wealth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	wealth and prosperity					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wealth=Theme

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