Test 12 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

Bro, how's the Rabbit different from the china dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 different	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 different	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 different	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 different	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rabbit	det
6	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 different	nsubj
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 dog	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dog	det
10	china	china	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dog	compound
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 different	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 different	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bro					from the china dog; different 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

The dog was lost and the Rabbit was not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 was	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dog	acl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Rabbit	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rabbit	det
7	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj
8	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 was	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		the dog and the Rabbit not said here					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»
2	not be	past	the dog and the Rabbit						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Rabbit was soft, the dog was hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rabbit	det
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soft	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 soft	cop
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hard	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hard	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hard	cop
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soft	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Rabbit					soft property	tree rules
2	is	past	the dog					hard property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Rabbit always slept in the Boy's bed, the dog was lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rabbit	det
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 slept	advmod
4	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Boy	det
7	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 bed	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Boy	case
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lost	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lost	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 lost	aux:pass
14	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 slept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	the Rabbit			the Boy's bed		always property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location
2	lose	past · passive		the dog					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

The china dog was on the shelf, not the bed

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 shelf	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shelf	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 shelf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shelf	det
7	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bed	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 bed	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bed	det
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shelf	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the china dog			the shelf and the bed			tree rules

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