---
title: «chuck the ducks that old loaf, they love it» What is the best answer? — Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: «chuck the ducks that old loaf, they love it» What is the best answer? Test 7 of lesson 123 «Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/t7/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/) / t7

# Test 7 · Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«chuck the ducks that old loaf, they love it» What is the best answer?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, ducks, best answer · **What happens:** chuck, loaf, love, be · **To what, where:** ducks, loaf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 7 of lesson 123 «Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:t7:1
# text = «chuck the ducks that old loaf, they love it» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	parataxis	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the ducks |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Theme |
| 2 | **loaf** *in a quote* |  | the ducks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** *in a quote* | present | ducks *= duck* | loaf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bread is poor food and rots in the pond; give oats or peas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:t7:o1:1
# text = Bread is poor food and rots in the pond; give oats or peas
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rots	rot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bread | poor food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rot** | present | Bread *not said here* |  |  | the pond |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **give** | infinitive |  | oats or peas |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, as long as it is white bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:t7:o2:1
# text = Fine, as long as it is white bread
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | as white bread | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, if you soak it in milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:t7:o3:1
# text = Fine, if you soak it in milk
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	soak	soak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | present | you | it |  |  |  | in milk | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in milk=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, bread is a duck's natural food and the best thing for it

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks:t7:o4:1
# text = Fine, bread is a duck's natural food and the best thing for it
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Fine bread | a duck's natural food and the best thing for thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbit…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/t6/)
- next →: [Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbit…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/t8/)
- ↑ back to [Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/)