Exam question 1 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit…

On which occasion did the wild rabbits withdraw from the Velveteen Rabbit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wild rabbits · What happens: do, withdraw · To what, where: occasion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 159 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit meets two wild rabbits, is called germs, and is thrown out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 occasion	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 occasion	det
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rabbits	det
6	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rabbits	compound
7	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 withdraw	nsubj
8	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 Rabbit	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rabbit	det
11	Velveteen	Velveteen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Rabbit	compound
12	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 withdraw	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				which occasion			tree rules
2	withdraw	present	the wild rabbits					from the Velveteen Rabbit	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from rabbit=Initial_Location

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

When they heard a fox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 heard	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	they	a fox					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus

Option 2

When the Boy came running past them at the bottom of the garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 came	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Boy	det
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 came	advcl
6	past	past	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 running	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 bottom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bottom	det
10	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 running	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 garden	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 garden	det
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bottom	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the Boy						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run	gerund	the Boy not said here			the bottom of the garden		past them = they	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

When the Boy shouted at them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 shouted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Boy	det
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	the Boy					at them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

When the Boy ran past them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 ran	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Boy	det
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	past	past	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the Boy					past them = they	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory

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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