Test 10 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…
Mad, did Nana notice the Rabbit change at the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nana · What happens: notice · To what, where: Rabbit change, end
This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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 | Mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 notice | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mad | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 notice | aux |
| 4 | Nana | Nana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 notice | nsubj |
| 5 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 change | det |
| 7 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 change | compound |
| 8 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notice | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notice | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 notice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past · do-support | Nana | the Rabbit change | at the end | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
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
Yeah, she said he had a knowing expression and seemed much more real to her than before
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 expression | det |
| 8 | knowing | know | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 expression | amod |
| 9 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 seemed | cc |
| 11 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 12 | much | much | ADV | _ | 13 more | advmod |
| 13 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 14 real | advmod |
| 14 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 seemed | xcomp |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 her | case |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 real | obl |
| 17 | than | than | ADP | _ | 18 before | case |
| 18 | before | before | ADV | _ | 14 real | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | he | a knowing expression | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Patient | ||||
| 3 | know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | seem | past | she not said here | real property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, she thought he looked shabby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 6 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 7 | shabby | shabby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 looked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look | past | he | shabby property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she said he had a knowing expression
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 expression | det |
| 8 | knowing | know | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 expression | amod |
| 9 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | he | a knowing expression | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Patient | ||||
| 3 | know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Nope, she didn't notice anything at all, she was too busy with the Boy's bath
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 6 notice | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 notice | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 notice | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 notice | advmod |
| 6 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 notice | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 anything | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 busy | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 busy | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 busy | cop |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 14 busy | advmod |
| 14 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 notice | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 bath | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Boy | det |
| 17 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 bath | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Boy | case |
| 19 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 busy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | past · do-support | she | anything | all | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is | past | she | with the Boy's bath; busy property | tree rules |
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