Test 7 · Bears

My brother says bears hibernate cos they're lazy. what's the real reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, bears · What happens: say, hibernate, be · To what, where: real reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 23 «Bears» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hibernate	nsubj
5	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 lazy	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lazy	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lazy	cop
9	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hibernate	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hibernate	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 reason	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 reason	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reason	det
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 reason	amod
15	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hibernate	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hibernate	present	bears			vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
3	is	present	bears = bear		lazy property	tree rules
4	is a	present		the real reason		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

Option 1

Bears hate the feel of cold snow on their paws in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feel	det
4	feel	feel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 snow	case
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snow	amod
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 paws	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 paws	nmod:poss
10	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 winter	case
12	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	Bears	the feel of cold snow		Bears's paws	winter		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feel=Stimulus
2	feel		cold snow						nom feel «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Food is scarce in winter, so sleeping saves energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scarce	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scarce	cop
3	scarce	scarce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scarce	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saves	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 saves	advmod
8	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 saves	nsubj
9	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scarce	conj
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Food		winter	scarce property	tree rules
2	sleep	gerund					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	save	present		energy			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme

Option 3

Their claws fall out every winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 claws	nmod:poss
2	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nsubj
3	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 fall	compound:prt
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 winter	det
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall out	present	Their claws				winter		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Bears are bored in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bored	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	cop
3	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bears				winter	bored property	tree rules

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