diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5ccff644c..f536e54ec 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ Simon Gomizelj
 Simon Holesch
 Simon Kerr
 Skylar Downes
+Songpeng Liu
 Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy
 Stefaan Lippens
 Stefan Farmbauer
diff --git a/changelog/11495.feature.rst b/changelog/11495.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad282a406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/11495.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Add denotation, users now can use annotation to denote a test:
+@pytest.mark.test
+def hello():
+    assert 5 == 5
diff --git a/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py b/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py
index 258ed9f9a..788f40711 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class AssertionRewritingHook(importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder, importlib.abc.Loader)
         try:
             self.fnpats = config.getini("python_files")
         except ValueError:
+            print("debug in 75")
             self.fnpats = ["test_*.py", "*_test.py"]
         self.session: Optional[Session] = None
         self._rewritten_names: Dict[str, Path] = {}
diff --git a/src/_pytest/cacheprovider.py b/src/_pytest/cacheprovider.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/src/_pytest/main.py b/src/_pytest/main.py
index 5cee8e89b..34cacac91 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/main.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/main.py
@@ -661,9 +661,8 @@ class Session(nodes.FSCollector):
         self._notfound: List[Tuple[str, Sequence[nodes.Collector]]] = []
         self._initial_parts: List[Tuple[Path, List[str]]] = []
         self.items: List[nodes.Item] = []
-
+        #import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
         hook = self.config.hook
-
         items: Sequence[Union[nodes.Item, nodes.Collector]] = self.items
         try:
             initialpaths: List[Path] = []
@@ -705,6 +704,12 @@ class Session(nodes.FSCollector):
             hook.pytest_collection_finish(session=self)
 
         self.testscollected = len(items)
+
+#         print("[lizhicheng]")
+#         print(len(items))
+#         print(type(items))
+#         print(items)
+# #        import pdb;pdb.set_trace()
         return items
 
     def collect(self) -> Iterator[Union[nodes.Item, nodes.Collector]]:
diff --git a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
index bbde68644..3fd75c736 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
@@ -625,3 +625,70 @@ class NodeKeywords(MutableMapping[str, Any]):
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"<NodeKeywords for node {self.node}>"
+
+@final
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Test:
+    """A pytest test."""
+
+    #: Name of the test.
+    name: str
+    #: Positional arguments of the mark decorator.
+    args: Tuple[Any, ...]
+    #: Keyword arguments of the mark decorator.
+    kwargs: Mapping[str, Any]
+
+    _param_ids_from: Optional["Test"] = dataclasses.field(default=None, repr=False)
+    #: Resolved/generated ids with parametrize Marks.
+    _param_ids_generated: Optional[Sequence[str]] = dataclasses.field(
+        default=None, repr=False
+    )
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        args: Tuple[Any, ...],
+        kwargs: Mapping[str, Any],
+        param_ids_from: Optional["Mark"] = None,
+        param_ids_generated: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
+        *,
+        _ispytest: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        """:meta private:"""
+        check_ispytest(_ispytest)
+        # Weirdness to bypass frozen=True.
+        object.__setattr__(self, "name", name)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "args", args)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "kwargs", kwargs)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_param_ids_from", param_ids_from)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_param_ids_generated", param_ids_generated)
+
+    def _has_param_ids(self) -> bool:
+        return "ids" in self.kwargs or len(self.args) >= 4
+
+    def combined_with(self, other: "Test") -> "Test":
+        """Return a new Test which is a combination of this
+        Test and another Test.
+
+        Combines by appending args and merging kwargs.
+
+       """
+        assert self.name == other.name
+
+        # Remember source of ids with parametrize Marks.
+        param_ids_from: Optional[Mark] = None
+        if self.name == "parametrize":
+            if other._has_param_ids():
+                param_ids_from = other
+            elif self._has_param_ids():
+                param_ids_from = self
+
+        return Test(
+            self.name,
+            self.args + other.args,
+            dict(self.kwargs, **other.kwargs),
+            param_ids_from=param_ids_from,
+            _ispytest=True,
+        )
+
+
diff --git a/src/_pytest/pytester.py b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
index 99d33954d..2c0fe361f 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/pytester.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ class Pytester:
         return result
 
     def runitem(self, source: str) -> Any:
+        print(str)
         """Run the "test_func" Item.
 
         The calling test instance (class containing the test method) must
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python.py b/src/_pytest/python.py
index f54bbb379..9846a190d 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser: Parser) -> None:
         "python_files",
         type="args",
         # NOTE: default is also used in AssertionRewritingHook.
-        default=["test_*.py", "*_test.py"],
+        default=["test_*.py", "*_test.py", "myselftest_*.py"],
         help="Glob-style file patterns for Python test module discovery",
     )
     parser.addini(
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser: Parser) -> None:
     parser.addini(
         "python_functions",
         type="args",
-        default=["test"],
+        default=["test", "my", "*"],
         help="Prefixes or glob names for Python test function and method discovery",
     )
     parser.addini(
diff --git a/testing/test_denotation.py b/testing/test_denotation.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d805f6133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/test_denotation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# content of test_sample.py
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.test
+def  mul():
+    assert 24 == (4 * 6)
+
+def my_test():
+   print("test_answer")
+   assert 5 == 5
+