Test 9 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit…
why'd the Boy get all hot and poorly, was it a bug?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Boy, it · What happens: get, be · To what, where: bug
This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Boy | det |
| 4 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 bug | advcl |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 hot | advmod |
| 7 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 poorly | cc |
| 9 | poorly | poorly | ADV | _ | 7 hot | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 bug | cop |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bug | nsubj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 bug | det |
| 14 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 bug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the Boy | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a bug | 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
yeah, a fever, so he was dead ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 fever | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fever | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fever | det |
| 4 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ill | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 ill | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ill | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 ill | cop |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ill | amod |
| 10 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fever | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | a fever not said here | ill property | tree rules |
Option 2
nah, just a cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 cold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 cold | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cold | det |
| 5 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
yeah, a rash, so he was ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rash | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rash | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rash | det |
| 4 | rash | rash | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ill | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 ill | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ill | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 ill | cop |
| 9 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rash | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | a rash not said here | ill property | tree rules |
Option 4
nah, he just ate too much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 ate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ate | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 ate | advmod |
| 5 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 much | advmod |
| 7 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | he | much | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |
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