Test 8 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

Yeah, so what's the deal with Timothy, is he a proper soldier?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: proper soldier, Timothy · What happens: be · To what, where: deal, proper soldier

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	15 soldier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 soldier	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	15 soldier	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 deal	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 deal	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 deal	det
7	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 soldier	parataxis
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 Timothy	case
9	Timothy	Timothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 deal	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 deal	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 soldier	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 soldier	nsubj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 soldier	det
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 soldier	amod
15	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 soldier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a proper soldier	the deal				with Timothy	tree rules
2	is a	present	Timothy	a proper soldier					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

Nah, he was made by some old man in a shed and pretends he's a brave soldier who fought in the war

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 shed	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shed	det
12	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 man	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pretends	cc
14	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	conj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 soldier	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 soldier	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 soldier	det
18	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 soldier	amod
19	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pretends	ccomp
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 fought	nsubj
21	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 soldier	acl:relcl
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 war	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 war	det
24	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	make	past · passive	some old man in a shed	he		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
2	pretend	present	some old man in a shed not said here			tree rules
3	is a	present	man	a brave soldier		tree rules
4	fight	past	a brave soldier		the war	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he was made by disabled soldiers and acts like he's important

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 soldiers	case
7	disabled	disabled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 soldiers	amod
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 acts	cc
10	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 soldiers	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 important	case
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 important	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 important	cop
14	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 acts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive	disabled soldiers and acts	he					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	is	present	he					important property	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, he was made by disabled soldiers and acts like he's very important and bossy to all the other toys in the nursery

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 soldiers	case
7	disabled	disabled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 soldiers	amod
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 acts	cc
10	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 soldiers	conj
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	15 important	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 important	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 important	cop
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 important	advmod
15	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 acts	acl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 bossy	cc
17	bossy	bossy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 important	conj
18	to	to	ADP	_	22 toys	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 toys	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 toys	det
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 toys	amod
22	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 important	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 nursery	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 nursery	det
25	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive	disabled soldiers and acts	he	the nursery		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	is	present	he	acts not said here		to all other toys; important property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here				tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, he was made by real soldiers and acts like a hero

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 soldiers	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 soldiers	amod
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 acts	cc
10	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 hero	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hero	det
13	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 acts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive	real soldiers	he					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	act	present	real soldiers not said here					like a hero	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like hero=Attribute

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