Test 9 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

Right, when the Boy got the Rabbit back, what did he say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Boy · What happens: get, say · To what, where: Rabbit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 got	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Boy	det
5	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rabbit	det
8	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 Rabbit	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 say	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 say	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 Rabbit	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Boy	the Rabbit					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rabbit=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Boy	the Rabbit					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

You mustn't say he's a toy, he's real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 toy	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 toy	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 toy	det
8	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 real	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 real	cop
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	must	You			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	he	a toy		tree rules
3	is	present	he		real property	tree rules

Option 2

Please give me back my Bunny, he's my best friend and you mustn't call him a toy ever

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 give	discourse
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 give	iobj
4	back	back	ADP	_	2 give	compound:prt
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Bunny	nmod:poss
6	Bunny	Bunny	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 give	iobj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 friend	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 friend	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 friend	cop
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 friend	nmod:poss
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 friend	amod
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 call	cc
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 call	nsubj
15	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 call	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 call	advmod
17	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 give	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 call	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 toy	det
20	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 call	xcomp
21	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	17 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	give back	imperative	you not said here		my Bunny		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient bunny=Theme
2	is a	present	Bunny	my best friend			tree rules
3	not call	must	you		Bunny	ever	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Give me my Bunny, you mustn't say he's a toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 Bunny	nmod:poss
4	Bunny	Bunny	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Give	iobj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 say	advmod
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	conj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 toy	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 toy	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 toy	det
13	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here		my Bunny	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient bunny=Theme
2	not say speech: assert	must	you			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	Bunny	a toy		tree rules

Option 4

Give me my Bunny right now, you mustn't ever say he's a toy because he is real and mine

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 Bunny	nmod:poss
4	Bunny	Bunny	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Give	iobj
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 now	advmod
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Give	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 say	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 say	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 say	advmod
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 say	advmod
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 toy	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 toy	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 toy	det
16	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	ccomp
17	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 real	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 real	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 real	cop
20	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Give	advcl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 mine	cc
22	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 real	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here		my Bunny	now		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient bunny=Theme
2	not say speech: assert	must	you			ever		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	Bunny	a toy				tree rules
4	is	present	Bunny				real property	tree rules

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