--- title: is the little Rabbit gutted or just dead bored? — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics description: is the little Rabbit gutted or just dead bored? Test 8 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/159-pg11757-part2/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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/159-pg11757-part2/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit… is the little Rabbit gutted or just dead bored? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** little Rabbit This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t8:1 # text = is the little Rabbit gutted or just dead bored? 1 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 aux:pass _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 9 bored bore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · passive | | the little Rabbit | | | | bore *property* | tree rules | 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} gutted, he feels proper lonely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t8:o1:1 # text = gutted, he feels proper lonely 1 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | present | he | | | | | lonely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} fine, he's happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t8:o2:1 # text = fine, he's happy 1 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 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 cop _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} happy, he's having a nap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t8:o3:1 # text = happy, he's having a nap 1 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 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 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · progressive | he | a nap | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} chuffed, he's having a laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:159-pg11757-part2:t8:o4:1 # text = chuffed, he's having a laugh 1 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ 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 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present · progressive | he | a laugh | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient | **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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