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title: did the Boy really love him to bits, like proper? — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the Boy really love him to bits, like proper? Test 3 · ★ 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 and
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# Test 3 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit…

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did the Boy really love him to bits, like proper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, love · **To what, where:** Boy

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t3:1
# text = did the Boy really love him to bits, like proper?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Boy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality |
| 2 | **love** | present |  | Boy |  |  |  | to bits | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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yeah, he hugged him to bits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, he hugged him to bits
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hugged	hug	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hug** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  | to bits | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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yeah, he loved his whiskers right off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah, he loved his whiskers right off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	off	off	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | he | his whiskers |  |  |  | off *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whisker=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nah, he loved him a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t3:o3:1
# text = nah, he loved him a bit
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he just left him alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t3:o4:1
# text = nah, he just left him alone
1	nah	nah	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	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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