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

By what means did the doctor determine the fate of the Velveteen Rabbit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: mean, determine, fate · To what, where: fate, Velveteen Rabbit

This is exam question 2 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 determine	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 determine	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doctor	det
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determine	nsubj
7	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fate	det
9	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determine	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Rabbit	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rabbit	det
12	Velveteen	Velveteen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Rabbit	compound
13	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fate	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	determine	past · do-support	the doctor	the fate of the Velveteen Rabbit	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Topic
3	fate			the Velveteen Rabbit	nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

By pronouncing him infected with scarlet fever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pronouncing	mark
2	pronouncing	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 infected	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pronouncing	obj
4	infected	infect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fever	case
6	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fever	compound
7	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 infected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	gerund		him = he					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result
2	infect	participle						with scarlet fever	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fever=Theme

Option 2

By examining him carefully and announcing he is a mass of scarlet fever germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 examining	mark
2	examining	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 mass	csubj
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 examining	obj
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	2 examining	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 announcing	cc
6	announcing	announce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 examining	conj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 announcing	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 mass	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mass	det
10	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 germs	case
12	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fever	compound
13	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 germs	compound
14	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 mass	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	examine	gerund		him = he	carefully property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	announce speech: other	gerund		he		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	is a	present	examining	a mass	of fever germs	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By calling the nurse and insisting that he must be burned at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nurse	det
4	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 insisting	cc
6	insisting	insist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 calling	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 burned	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 burned	nsubj:pass
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 burned	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 burned	aux:pass
11	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 insisting	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	call	gerund	the nurse	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nurse=Recipient
2	insist speech: other	gerund		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	burn	must · passive	he	tree rules

Option 4

By examining his ears and nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 examining	mark
2	examining	examine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ears	nmod:poss
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 examining	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 nose	cc
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ears	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine	gerund		his ears and nose					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme

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