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title: Upon what did the Rabbit's tear descend, and what arose therefrom? — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what did the Rabbit's tear descend, and what arose therefrom? Exam question 1 of lesson 160 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear grows a flower, a Fairy makes the Rabbit Real» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 1 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear gro…

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Upon what did the Rabbit's tear descend, and what arose therefrom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tear · **What happens:** do, descend, arise · **To what, where:** tear

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 160 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear grows a flower, a Fairy makes the Rabbit Real» 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/160-pg11757-part3/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e1:1
# text = Upon what did the Rabbit's tear descend, and what arose therefrom?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	tear	tear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	descend	descend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
12	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	therefrom	therefrom	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Rabbit's tear |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Eventuality |
| 2 | **descend** | present | the Rabbit's tear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **arise** | past |  |  |  |  |  | therefrom *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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a bush grew from the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e1:o1:1
# text = a bush grew from the ground
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | a bush |  |  |  |  | from the ground | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from ground=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a bright white flower sprang up out of the soft warm earth in the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e1:o2:1
# text = a bright white flower sprang up out of the soft warm earth in the wood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sprang	spring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spring up** | past | a bright white flower |  |  | the soft warm earth in the wood |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out earth=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a flower sprang from the earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e1:o3:1
# text = a flower sprang from the earth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sprang	sprang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the earth received the tear and from it a tall flower sprang up quickly, glowing in the moonlight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e1:o4:1
# text = the earth received the tear and from it a tall flower sprang up quickly, glowing in the moonlight
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tear	tear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sprang	spring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | the earth | the tear |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Theme |
| 2 | **spring up** | past | a tall flower |  |  | earth |  | quickly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **glow** | gerund | a tall flower *not said here* |  |  | the moonlight |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonlight=Location |

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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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