Exam question 3 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit…

What was the principal cause of the Velveteen Rabbit's loss of fur and shape?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: principal cause

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 cause	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 loss	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rabbit	det
8	Velveteen	Velveteen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Rabbit	compound
9	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 loss	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Rabbit	case
11	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 fur	case
13	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loss	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shape	cc
15	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loss	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal cause				of the Velveteen Rabbit's loss of fur and shape	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 · ✓ the right answer

The excessive affection of the Boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 affection	det
2	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 affection	amod
3	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Boy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Boy	det
6	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 affection	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The constant washing by the nurse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 washing	det
2	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 washing	amod
3	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 nurse	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nurse	det
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 washing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash		the nurse						nom washing «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

The Boy's excessive love and cuddling day and night over many months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Boy	det
2	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 love	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Boy	case
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 love	amod
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cuddling	cc
7	cuddling	cuddle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 love	conj
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cuddling	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 night	cc
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 day	conj
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 months	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 months	amod
13	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cuddling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuddle	gerund					day; month		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	love		the Boy						nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The long time spent in the sack and the damp garden grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 time	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 time	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 time	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sack	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spent	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 grass	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grass	det
10	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grass	amod
11	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grass	compound
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sack	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	participle		the long time not said here		the sack and the damp garden grass			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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