Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 1: the Rabbit is forgotten, scorned, then loved, and learns what Real means

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 158 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, why does Nana just grab the Rabbit for bed, innit?

1. Cos she's in a rush and any old toy will do — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Cos the dog got lost — score 5
3. Cos she's tired — score 8
4. Cos she's bored of him — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 158, line 15: «She is in a hurry, so she grabs the Rabbit "by one ear" to take the place of the lost china dog.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «nana» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper, so do the snobby toys actually think they're real or what?

1. Nah, they're just plastic and they don't think anything at all — score -1
2. Yeah, they act real but they're really just tin and wood — score 4
3. Nah, they act like they're real but they know full well they're only made of tin and paint and clockwork springs — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Yeah, they pretend to be real and look down on everyone — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 149, line 17: «A "quarry" is an animal that is hunted, and the hound thought the lion would make a fine one.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same action «make» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how do ya get to be Real, like you gotta be shiny and new?

1. A kid loves you so you get worn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. You just need to be shiny and new and famous — no support
3. You get loved for ages till you're all shabby — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. You gotta get broken and then fixed by the grown ups — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, did the Skin Horse ever lie to the Rabbit about stuff?

1. Nope — no support
2. Yeah, sometimes he fibbed to make him feel better — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Nope, he's always truthful, even when it hurts — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Never — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 157, line 13: «Why does the Horse look down on the Ass? He is proud of his "fine harness" and cries out that he could hardly resist kicking him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «horse» (+4); the same thing acted on «horse» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, why'd the Rabbit go all quiet when he got hugged?

1. The Boy squeezed him too hard — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The Boy hugged him dead tight, so he could hardly breathe — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He was tired from playing in the garden all day — no support
4. He was sad because the Boy had gone away to school and forgotten him completely — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 158, line 4: «When Nana needs a toy for bedtime, she drags the Rabbit out by one ear, and the Boy hugs him all night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hug» (+1); the same doer «boy» (+1); the same thing acted on «rabbit» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sick, what did the Boy do with the Rabbit in the garden?

1. Buried him in the sandpit by the wall — score 3
2. Took him on wheelbarrow rides and picnics — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Picnics — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Hid him under the old garden bench — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 158, line 1: «On Christmas morning the Rabbit is the best toy in the stocking, but the Boy forgets him when the presents are opened.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ay, why was the Rabbit's fur getting mangy, is it cos of the sun?

1. Cos he got soaked in the garden every day — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Cos the Boy washed him far too often — score 1
3. Cos of the sun — no support
4. Cos he was loved so much it got rubbed shabbier — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 158, line 16: «The Rabbit is loved so much that his fur grows "shabbier and shabbier" and his tail comes unsewn.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «rabbit» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Yeah, so what's the deal with Timothy, is he a proper soldier?

1. Nah, he was made by some old man in a shed and pretends he's a brave soldier who fought in the war — no support
2. Nah, he was made by disabled soldiers and acts like he's important — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Nah, he was made by disabled soldiers and acts like he's very important and bossy to all the other toys in the nursery — score 4
4. Yeah, he was made by real soldiers and acts like a hero — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 7: «Alice soon decides it is «a very difficult game indeed»: her hedgehog unrolls itself and crawls away, the ground is full of ridges and furrows, and the soldier…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «soldiers» (+4); the same action «make» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Right, when the Boy got the Rabbit back, what did he say?

1. You mustn't say he's a toy, he's real — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Please give me back my Bunny, he's my best friend and you mustn't call him a toy ever — no support
3. Give me my Bunny, you mustn't say he's a toy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Give me my Bunny right now, you mustn't ever say he's a toy because he is real and mine — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 158, line 5: «Over the spring and summer the Rabbit grows shabby, and one day the Boy says he is not a toy, so the Rabbit becomes Real.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+4); the same thing acted on «toy» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mad, did Nana notice the Rabbit change at the end?

1. Yeah, she said he had a knowing expression and seemed much more real to her than before — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, she thought he looked shabby — no support
3. Yeah, she said he had a knowing expression — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, she didn't notice anything at all, she was too busy with the Boy's bath — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 158, line 14: «Nana runs the nursery and "simply looked about her," then saw the toy cupboard door was open.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «nana» (+4); the same action «look» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what was the Boy's favourite place after tea in June?

1. The little wood at the bottom of the garden past the lawn — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. The wood near the house — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The kitchen with Nana — score 1
4. The old wooden shed near the back of the big house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 16: ««The Dormouse is asleep again,» says the Hatter, and he pours a little hot tea upon its nose.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how's the Rabbit different from the china dog?

1. The dog was lost and the Rabbit was not — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Rabbit was soft, the dog was hard — no support
3. The Rabbit always slept in the Boy's bed, the dog was lost — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The china dog was on the shelf, not the bed — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement correctly describes the initial condition of the Velveteen Rabbit as presented in the passage?

1. He was lean, plain, and hanging from the tree branch by string — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was plump, spotted, and seated in the top of the Boy's stocking — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was shabby, bald, and resting on the nursery window sill — no support
4. He was thin, striped, and lying on the floor — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the Skin Horse, by what process does a toy attain the condition of being Real?

1. Through a grown-up's careful repairs and polish — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By being carried everywhere by a grown-up — no support
3. Through a child's prolonged and genuine affection — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Through being wound up each morning — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character is described as the sole source of kindness shown toward the Rabbit within the nursery?

1. The Cat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Skin Horse — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nana — no support
4. The china dog — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reason does the narrator give for the Rabbit being carried to the Boy's bed on the evening of the bedtime search?

1. Nana had lost the china dog and hurried — no support
2. He was the only toy left in the nursery — no support
3. The Boy was crying and needed him for bed — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. The china dog could not be found and Nana was hurrying — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 124, line 7: «What: the Frog asked her to lift him onto her bed, saying "I am so very tired", and she threw him against the wall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «father» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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