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title: By what means did the doctor determine the fate of the Velveteen Rab… — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the doctor determine the fate of the Velveteen Rabbit? Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit…

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By what means did the doctor determine the fate of the Velveteen Rabbit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctor · **What happens:** mean, determine, fate · **To what, where:** fate, Velveteen Rabbit

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This is exam question 2 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/159-pg11757-part2/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:e2:1
# text = By what means did the doctor determine the fate of the Velveteen Rabbit?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Velveteen	Velveteen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **determine** | past · do-support | the doctor | the fate of the Velveteen Rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Topic |
| 3 | **fate** |  |  | the Velveteen Rabbit |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By pronouncing him infected with scarlet fever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:e2:o1:1
# text = By pronouncing him infected with scarlet fever
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pronouncing	pronounce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	infected	infect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pronounce** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result |
| 2 | **infect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with scarlet fever | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fever=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By examining him carefully and announcing he is a mass of scarlet fever germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:e2:o2:1
# text = By examining him carefully and announcing he is a mass of scarlet fever germs
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	examining	examine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	announcing	announce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	conj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | gerund |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | examining | a mass |  |  |  | of fever germs | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By calling the nurse and insisting that he must be burned at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:e2:o3:1
# text = By calling the nurse and insisting that he must be burned at once
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	insisting	insist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | the nurse |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nurse=Recipient |
| 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **burn** | must · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By examining his ears and nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:e2:o4:1
# text = By examining his ears and nose
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	examining	examine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** | gerund |  | his ears and nose |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme |

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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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