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# Exam question 1 · Dogs and rabbits in your care

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the proper manner of holding a rabbit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** proper manner · **What happens:** follow, characteris, hold · **To what, where:** proper manner, rabbit

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» of the everyday 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/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the proper manner of holding a rabbit?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the proper manner |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hold** | gerund | the proper manner *not said here* | a rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=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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Holding it high above the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e1:o1:1
# text = Holding it high above the head
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | it |  | the head |  | high *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme above head=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Holding it by the scruff of the neck with one hand, as one would a kitten

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e1:o2:1
# text = Holding it by the scruff of the neck with one hand, as one would a kitten
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scruff	scruff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | by the scruff of the neck; with one hand | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by scruff=Location |

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

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Supporting its hindquarters and hind legs, the rabbit being kept low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e1:o3:1
# text = Supporting its hindquarters and hind legs, the rabbit being kept low
1	Supporting	support	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hindquarters	hindquarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | gerund |  | its hindquarters and hind legs |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hindquarter=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund · passive |  | the rabbit |  |  |  | low *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lifting it by the ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e1:o4:1
# text = Lifting it by the ears
1	Lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | by the ears | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme by ear=Destination |

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