We painted the house red

Vladv1

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1.We painted the house red
2.We named our son John.

Are the bolded constructions objects? What part of sentence? Object? The examples are mine.
 
I would say -- if I had to -- that they are indirect objects.
 
They are not indirect objects. Such resultatives are object complements.
 

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