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title: wait, so the Rabbit has no back legs at all, innit? — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, so the Rabbit has no back legs at all, innit? Test 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 pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 2 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit…

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wait, so the Rabbit has no back legs at all, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Rabbit · **What happens:** wait, have, innit · **To what, where:** back legs, all

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This is test 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t2:1
# text = wait, so the Rabbit has no back legs at all, innit?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | the Rabbit | no back legs |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, his back is one piece like a pincushion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t2:o1:1
# text = yeah, his back is one piece like a pincushion
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pincushion	pincushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | his back | one piece |  |  |  | like a pincushion | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he's just got stuffing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t2:o2:1
# text = nah, he's just got stuffing
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	stuffing	stuffing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | stuffing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuffing=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, his bottom is stuffed flat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t2:o3:1
# text = yeah, his bottom is stuffed flat
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | present · passive |  | his bottom |  |  |  | flat *property* | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's got none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah, he's got none
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | none |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus |

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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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