--- title: «the bunny keeps thumping its foot, is it doing a dance» What is it… — Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and… · tree and pragmatics description: «the bunny keeps thumping its foot, is it doing a dance» What is it doing? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/t8/) [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/) / [Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto… «the bunny keeps thumping its foot, is it doing a dance» What is it doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bunny · **What happens:** keep, thump, do · **To what, where:** foot, dance This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t8:1 # text = «the bunny keeps thumping its foot, is it doing a dance» What is it doing? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bunny bunny NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 thumping thump VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | the bunny | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **thump** *in a quote* | gerund | the bunny *not said here* | bunny's foot | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | bunny | a dance | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality | | 4 | **do** | present · progressive | bunny | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Warning of danger ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t8:o1:1 # text = Warning of danger 1 Warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** | | | danger | | | | | nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Asking for carrots ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t8:o2:1 # text = Asking for carrots 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 carrots carrot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | for carrots | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dancing to the music on the radio ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t8:o3:1 # text = Dancing to the music on the radio 1 Dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | gerund | | | | the radio | | to the music | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on radio=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Practising for running ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t8:o4:1 # text = Practising for running 1 Practising practise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **practise** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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