Test 3 · ★ · Migration and hibernation

Why does a dormouse not need to eat for months in winter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dormouse · What happens: not need, eat

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 28 «Migration and hibernation» of the world 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 need	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 need	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dormouse	det
4	dormouse	dormouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 need	advmod
6	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 eat	mark
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 need	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 months	case
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eat	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 winter	case
12	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eat	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	a dormouse						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	a dormouse not said here				month; winter		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its slowed body uses little energy from its fat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 body	nmod:poss
2	slowed	slowed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 body	amod
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	nsubj
4	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 energy	amod
6	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 fat	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fat	nmod:poss
9	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Its slowed body	little energy		body's fat			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient

Option 2

It eats the snow around its nest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snow	det
4	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eats	obj
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 nest	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nest	nmod:poss
7	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	It	the snow		snow's nest			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Patient

Option 3

It catches insects in its sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 catches	nsubj
2	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catches	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sleep	nmod:poss
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	It	insects		its sleep			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme
2	sleep		its = it						nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It has a big stomach that it filled with food in autumn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stomach	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stomach	amod
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 filled	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 filled	nsubj
8	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stomach	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 filled	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 autumn	case
12	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	a big stomach					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient
2	fill	past	stomach	a big stomach not said here			autumn	with food	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient with food=Instrument

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