--- title: Why are pandas busy eating for up to 14 hours a day? — Bears · tree and pragmatics description: Why are pandas busy eating for up to 14 hours a day? Test 10 of lesson 23 «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/23-bears/t10/) [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/) / [Bears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/23-bears/) / t10 # Test 10 · Bears Why are pandas busy eating for up to 14 hours a day? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, eat This is test 10 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/23-bears/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t10:1 # text = Why are pandas busy eating for up to 14 hours a day? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 pandas panda NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | pandas *obl:unmarked*; busy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | | | | | hour | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They eat slowly because they have no teeth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t10:o1:1 # text = They eat slowly because they have no teeth 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | They | | | | | slowly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | present | they | no teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Bamboo gives them very little energy, so they need loads ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t10:o2:1 # text = Bamboo gives them very little energy, so they need loads 1 Bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | Bamboo | little energy | them *= they* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient energy=Theme | | 2 | **need** | present | they | loads | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot load=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They only eat in the dark, when it is cooler and they feel safer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t10:o3:1 # text = They only eat in the dark, when it is cooler and they feel safer 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 cooler cool ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | They | | | the dark | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | dark | | | | | cool *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | present | they | | | | | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are storing it in their cheeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t10:o4:1 # text = They are storing it in their cheeks 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 storing store VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | present · progressive | They | it | | their cheeks | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cheek=Location | **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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