--- title: A polar bear walks on slippery ice without falling. How? — The polar zone: polar bears · tree and pragmatics description: A polar bear walks on slippery ice without falling. How? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/t11/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The polar zone: polar bears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears A polar bear walks on slippery ice without falling. How? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** polar bear · **What happens:** walk, fall · **To what, where:** slippery ice This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A polar bear walks on slippery ice without falling. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t11:1 # text = A polar bear walks on slippery ice without falling. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 polar polar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 without without SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | a polar bear | | | slippery ice | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | a polar bear *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* How? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t11:2 # text = How? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It never walks on ice, only snow ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t11:o1:1 # text = It never walks on ice, only snow 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **walk** | present | It | | | ice and snow | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Fur and small bumps on its soles grip the ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t11:o2:1 # text = Fur and small bumps on its soles grip the ice 1 Fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bumps bump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 soles sole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 grip grip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grip** | present | Fur and small bumps on its soles | the ice | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} It has metal-like claws only ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t11:o3:1 # text = It has metal-like claws only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | It | like claws | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It slides on purpose and enjoys it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t11:o4:1 # text = It slides on purpose and enjoys it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slides slide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 enjoys enjoy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide** | present | It | | | purpose | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Trajectory | | 2 | **enjoy** | present | | purpose | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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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