Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit, part 2: the Rabbit meets two wild rabbits, is called germs, and is thrown out
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 159 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruv, why'd the wild bunnies bolt like that, proper fast?
- 1. cos they were scared — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos the Boy was chasing them round the whole garden — no support
- 3. cos a dog came barking — no support
- 4. cos the Boy came running past them — ✓ the right answer · 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
wait, so the Rabbit has no back legs at all, innit?
- 1. yeah, his back is one piece like a pincushion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, he's just got stuffing — no support
- 3. yeah, his bottom is stuffed flat — no support
- 4. yeah, he's got none — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
did the Boy really love him to bits, like proper?
- 1. yeah, he hugged him to bits — score 6
- 2. yeah, he loved his whiskers right off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. nah, he loved him a bit — score 6
- 4. nah, he just left him alone — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 13: «The boy is handsome and the girl is plain, and when they see their faces in a mirror, the boy "began to boast".», 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 «faces» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's with the sack, is he getting binned or what?
- 1. yeah, he's getting fed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, he's going in the bin — no support
- 3. yeah, he's going behind the fowl-house — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, he's going to the shed — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the doc reckons he's full of germs, dead serious?
- 1. nah, he's fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, flu germs, he said — no support
- 3. yeah, scarlet fever germs, he said so — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. nah, just a bit of dust — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
hang on, who's gonna burn him, the gardener or the nan?
- 1. the gardener, when he's got time — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the nan, now — no support
- 3. the nurse, after tea — no support
- 4. the doctor, when he's free — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 159, line 4: «When the Boy is better, the doctor says the old Bunny is full of germs, so it is put in a sack and left behind the fowl-house to be burned.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «doctor» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro, what's the new bunny like, is it mint or what?
- 1. white plush with real glass eyes and a bell on his ribbon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. white plush with real glass eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. all brown plush with buttons — no support
- 4. soft white plush with a pink nose and glass eyes that shine — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
is the little Rabbit gutted or just dead bored?
- 1. gutted, he feels proper lonely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. fine, he's happy — no support
- 3. happy, he's having a nap — no support
- 4. chuffed, he's having a laugh — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
why'd the Boy get all hot and poorly, was it a bug?
- 1. yeah, a fever, so he was dead ill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. nah, just a cold — no support
- 3. yeah, a rash, so he was ill — score 5
- 4. nah, he just ate too much — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 159, line 14: «Why is the Boy ill? His "face grew very flushed" and his body was "so hot that it burned the Rabbit".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
so where's the bonfire at then, still on for tomorrow?
- 1. nah, it's Tuesday — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, it's been put off until next week because of rain — no support
- 3. yeah, the gardener promised early — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, the nan's doing it — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the wild bunnies ever come back, like, ever?
- 1. yeah, they came back twice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, once — no support
- 3. nah, never — no support
- 4. nah, they never returned — ✓ the right answer · 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
what does the Rabbit do when the Boy's asleep, does he kip?
- 1. he thinks about the garden and feels sad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. he thinks about the Boy and smiles — score 4
- 3. he goes off to the fowl-house to sleep with the hens all night — score 4
- 4. he thinks about the garden and the wild rabbits and feels very sad — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 159, line 5: «A new white plush bunny now sleeps with the Boy, and the old Rabbit lies alone in the sack, shivering and thinking of the sunny garden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «think» (+1); the same doer «old rabbit» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
On which occasion did the wild rabbits withdraw from the Velveteen Rabbit?
- 1. When they heard a fox — no support
- 2. When the Boy came running past them at the bottom of the garden — score 5
- 3. When the Boy shouted at them — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. When the Boy ran past them — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 19: «Pat says he is "Digging for apples, yer honour!" ("yer honour" = sir), which is nonsense, since apples grow on trees; the Rabbit calls him "you goose" (silly),…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+6); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the doctor determine the fate of the Velveteen Rabbit?
- 1. By pronouncing him infected with scarlet fever — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. By examining him carefully and announcing he is a mass of scarlet fever germs — score 4
- 3. By calling the nurse and insisting that he must be burned at once — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. By examining his ears and nose — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 159, line 14: «Why is the Boy ill? His "face grew very flushed" and his body was "so hot that it burned the Rabbit".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «rabbit» (+5); the same action «burn» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What was the principal cause of the Velveteen Rabbit's loss of fur and shape?
- 1. The excessive affection of the Boy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The constant washing by the nurse — no support
- 3. The Boy's excessive love and cuddling day and night over many months — no support
- 4. The long time spent in the sack and the damp garden grass — 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 ✗
In what location was the Velveteen Rabbit deposited prior to its intended destruction?
- 1. Near the old greenhouse, in a box — score 5
- 2. Behind the fowl-house, in a sack — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Behind the fowl-house, tied up in a sack beside the bonfire pile — score 2
- 4. In the sack — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 159, line 5: «A new white plush bunny now sleeps with the Boy, and the old Rabbit lies alone in the sack, shivering and thinking of the sunny garden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old rabbit» (+2); the same place «sack» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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