Exam question 4 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit…
In what location was the Velveteen Rabbit deposited prior to its intended destruction?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Velveteen Rabbit, Rabbit · What happens: be, intend, destroy
This is exam question 4 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 deposited | obj |
| 3 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 deposited | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rabbit | det |
| 6 | Velveteen | Velveteen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Rabbit | compound |
| 7 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 deposited | nsubj |
| 8 | deposited | deposit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 13 destruction | case |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 prior | fixed |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 destruction | nmod:poss |
| 12 | intended | intend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 destruction | amod |
| 13 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 deposited | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 deposited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Velveteen Rabbit | prior Rabbit's intended destruction; deposit property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | intend | participle | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | destroy | Rabbit | nom destruction «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
Near the old greenhouse, in a box
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Near | near | ADP | _ | 4 greenhouse | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 greenhouse | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 greenhouse | amod |
| 4 | greenhouse | greenhouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 greenhouse | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 box | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 box | det |
| 8 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 greenhouse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Behind the fowl-house, in a sack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 3 | fowl | fowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 house | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 fowl | punct |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 house | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 sack | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 sack | det |
| 9 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 house | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Behind the fowl-house, tied up in a sack beside the bonfire pile
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 3 | fowl | fowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 house | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 fowl | punct |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tied | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 house | punct |
| 7 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 tied | compound:prt |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 sack | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sack | det |
| 11 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tied | obl |
| 12 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 15 pile | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pile | det |
| 14 | bonfire | bonfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pile | compound |
| 15 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sack | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie up | participle | the fowl house | in a sack beside the bonfire pile | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
In the sack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 sack | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sack | det |
| 3 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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