Exam question 2 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

According to the Skin Horse, by what process does a toy attain the condition of being Real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toy · What happens: accord, attain, be · To what, where: Skin Horse, condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 158 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit is forgotten, scorned, then loved, and learns what Real means» of the books 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	According	accord	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 what	csubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 Horse	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Horse	det
4	Skin	Skin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Horse	compound
5	Horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 According	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 what	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 attain	obl
9	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 what	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 attain	aux
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 toy	det
12	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attain	nsubj
13	attain	attain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 condition	det
15	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attain	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Real	case
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 Real	cop
18	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 condition	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 attain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			the Skin Horse		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to horse=Goal
2	attain	present · do-support	a toy	the condition			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	is	gerund				real property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Through a grown-up's careful repairs and polish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	8 repairs	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 up	det
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 up	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct
5	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 repairs	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 up	case
7	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 repairs	amod
8	repairs	repair	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 polish	cc
10	polish	polish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 repairs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	repair		a grown up						nom repair «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

By being carried everywhere by a grown-up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 carried	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 carried	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 up	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 up	det
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 up	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
9	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund · passive	a grown up					everywhere property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Through a child's prolonged and genuine affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	SCONJ	_	5 prolonged	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prolonged	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 child	case
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 affection	cc
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 affection	amod
8	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prolonged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Through being wound up each morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	SCONJ	_	3 wound	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wound	aux:pass
3	wound	woun	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 wound	compound:prt
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 morning	det
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wound	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	woun up	gerund · passive					morning		tree rules

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