---
title: To whom did the Fairy refer as the new playfellow? — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: To whom did the Fairy refer as the new playfellow? Exam question 2 of lesson 160 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear grows a flower, a Fairy makes the Rabbit Real» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/160-pg11757-part3/e2/)

<!-- 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/) / [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/160-pg11757-part3/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear gro…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To whom did the Fairy refer as the new playfellow?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, refer · **To what, where:** Fairy

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 160 «Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear grows a flower, a Fairy makes the Rabbit Real» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/160-pg11757-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e2:1
# text = To whom did the Fairy refer as the new playfellow?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	refer	refer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	playfellow	playfellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Fairy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Eventuality |
| 2 | **refer** | present |  |  |  |  |  | as the new playfellow | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent whom=Theme |

<!-- .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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = the Fairy
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wild one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = the wild one
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Velveteen Rabbit who lay in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = the Velveteen Rabbit who lay in the wood
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Velveteen	Velveteen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | the Velveteen Rabbit |  |  | the wood |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wood=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = the Rabbit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- 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: [Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/160-pg11757-part3/e1/)
- next →: [Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/160-pg11757-part3/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear grows a flower, a Fairy makes the Rabbit Real](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/160-pg11757-part3/)