--- title: Did the wild rabbits just stand there gawping or nick off? — Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the wild rabbits just stand there gawping or nick off? Test 5 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/160-pg11757-part3/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 3: a tear gro… Did the wild rabbits just stand there gawping or nick off? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wild rabbits · **What happens:** stand, gawp, nick off This is test 5 · ★ 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. 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:t5:1 # text = Did the wild rabbits just stand there gawping or nick off? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 gawping gawp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nick nick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · do-support | the wild rabbits | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gawp** | gerund | the wild rabbits *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **nick off** | infinitive | the wild rabbits *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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} hid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:t5:o1:1 # text = hid 1 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} stand and gawp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:t5:o2:1 # text = stand and gawp 1 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 gawp gawp VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gawp** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:t5:o3:1 # text = ran off 1 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} stand and stare ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:160-pg11757-part3:t5:o4:1 # text = stand and stare 1 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 stare stare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stare** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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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