--- title: My brother says bears hibernate cos they're lazy. what's the real re… — Bears · tree and pragmatics description: My brother says bears hibernate cos they're lazy. what's the real reason? Test 7 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/23-bears/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t7:1 # text = My brother says bears hibernate cos they're lazy. what's the real reason? 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hibernate hibernate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Bears hate the feel of cold snow on their paws in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t7:o1:1 # text = Bears hate the feel of cold snow on their paws in winter 1 Bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 feel feel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 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 {#o2} Food is scarce in winter, so sleeping saves energy ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t7:o2:1 # text = Food is scarce in winter, so sleeping saves energy 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 sleeping sleep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | 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 {#o3} Their claws fall out every winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t7:o3:1 # text = Their claws fall out every winter 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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 {#o4} Bears are bored in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:23-bears:t7:o4:1 # text = Bears are bored in winter 1 Bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Bears | | | | winter | bored *property* | tree rules | **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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