Exam question 4 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

What reason does the narrator give for the Rabbit being carried to the Boy's bed on the evening of the bedtime search?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: give, carry · To what, where: Rabbit, bed

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj:outer
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrator	det
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 carried	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rabbit	det
9	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	nsubj:pass
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 carried	aux:pass
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 give	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 bed	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Boy	det
14	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 bed	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Boy	case
16	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 evening	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 evening	det
19	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 search	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 search	det
22	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 search	compound
23	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 evening	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	what reason						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	carry	gerund · passive		the Rabbit		the Boy's bed	evening		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bed=Destination

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

Nana had lost the china dog and hurried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
5	china	china	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dog	compound
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hurried	cc
8	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	Nana	the china dog					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality
2	hurry	past	Nana not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He was the only toy left in the nursery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 toy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 toy	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toy	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 toy	amod
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 toy	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 nursery	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nursery	det
9	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	the only toy					tree rules
2	leave	participle		the only toy not said here				in the nursery result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in nursery=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Boy was crying and needed him for bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Boy	det
2	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crying	aux
4	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needed	cc
6	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crying	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 needed	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 bed	case
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	the Boy						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	need	past	the Boy not said here	Boy				for bed	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The china dog could not be found and Nana was hurrying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	china	china	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	nsubj:pass
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 found	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 found	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 found	aux:pass
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hurrying	cc
9	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hurrying	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hurrying	aux
11	hurrying	hurry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 found	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	could · passive		the china dog					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	hurry	past · progressive	Nana						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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