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description: According to the Skin Horse, by what process does a toy attain the condition of being Real? Exam question 2 of lesson 158 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit is forgotten, scorned, then loved, and learns what Real means» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

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According to the Skin Horse, by what process does a toy attain the condition of being Real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** toy · **What happens:** accord, attain, be · **To what, where:** Skin Horse, condition

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 158 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit is forgotten, scorned, then loved, and learns what Real means» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/158-pg11757-part1/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e2:1
# text = According to the Skin Horse, by what process does a toy attain the condition of being Real?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Skin	Skin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obl	_	_
9	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	attain	attain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	_
18	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  | the Skin Horse |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to horse=Goal |
| 2 | **attain** | present · do-support | a toy | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Through a grown-up's careful repairs and polish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e2:o1:1
# text = Through a grown-up's careful repairs and polish
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	repairs	repair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	polish	polish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **repair** |  | a grown up |  |  |  |  |  | nom repair «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By being carried everywhere by a grown-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e2:o2:1
# text = By being carried everywhere by a grown-up
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund · passive | a grown up |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Through a child's prolonged and genuine affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e2:o3:1
# text = Through a child's prolonged and genuine affection
1	Through	through	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Through being wound up each morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e2:o4:1
# text = Through being wound up each morning
1	Through	through	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	wound	woun	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **woun up** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  | morning |  | tree rules |

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**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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