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title: Which character is described as the sole source of kindness shown to… — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character is described as the sole source of kindness shown toward the Rabbit within the nursery? Exam question 3 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 schoo
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# Exam question 3 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit…

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Which character is described as the sole source of kindness shown toward the Rabbit within the nursery?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, show · **To what, where:** character, kindness

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e3:1
# text = Which character is described as the sole source of kindness shown toward the Rabbit within the nursery?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which character |  |  |  | as the sole source of kindness | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as source=Attribute |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  | kindness *not said here* |  |  |  | toward the Rabbit; within the nursery | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The Cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e3:o1:1
# text = The Cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Skin Horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e3:o2:1
# text = The Skin Horse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nana

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e3:o3:1
# text = Nana
1	Nana	Nana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The china dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:158-pg11757-part1:e3:o4:1
# text = The china dog
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	china	china	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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