Test 3 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

Wait, how do ya get to be Real, like you gotta be shiny and new?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, ya · What happens: wait, get, be

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	parataxis
7	to	to	PART	_	9 Real	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 Real	cop
9	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shiny	punct
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	15 shiny	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 shiny	nsubj
13	gotta	gotta	PART	_	15 shiny	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 shiny	cop
15	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 new	cc
17	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shiny	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present · do-support	ya		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	to-infinitive	ya not said here	real property	tree rules
4	is	infinitive	you	shiny property	tree rules
5	be		you not said here		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

A kid loves you so you get worn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loves	nsubj
3	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 loves	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 worn	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 worn	nsubj
7	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 worn	aux:pass
8	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 loves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	a kid	you					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
2	wear	present · passive		you					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Option 2

You just need to be shiny and new and famous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 need	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 shiny	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 shiny	cop
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 need	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 new	cc
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shiny	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 famous	cc
10	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shiny	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	need	present	You		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here	shiny property	tree rules
3	be		You not said here		tree rules
4	be		You not said here		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

You get loved for ages till you're all shabby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 loved	nsubj
2	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 loved	aux:pass
3	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 ages	case
5	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 loved	obl
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 shabby	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 shabby	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shabby	cop
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 shabby	advmod
10	shabby	shabby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present · passive		You			for ages		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for age=Attribute
2	is	present	you					all, shabby property	tree rules

Option 4

You gotta get broken and then fixed by the grown ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 broken	nsubj
2	gotta	gotta	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux
3	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fixed	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 fixed	advmod
7	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 broken	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 ups	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ups	det
10	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ups	amod
11	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	break	passive	the grown ups	You		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient
2	fix	participle	the grown ups not said here		then	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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