--- title: Why might a white spirit bear catch more fish by day than a black be… — Bears by kind: the eight bears of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a white spirit bear catch more fish by day than a black bear? Test 11 of lesson 319 «Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world» 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/319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world/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/) / [Bears by kind: the eight bears of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world/) / t11 # Test 11 · Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world Why might a white spirit bear catch more fish by day than a black bear? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** white spirit bear · **What happens:** catch · **To what, where:** more fish This is test 11 of lesson 319 «Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world» 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/319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t11:1 # text = Why might a white spirit bear catch more fish by day than a black bear? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | might | a white spirit bear | more fish | | | day | than a black bear | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Fish like the colour white and swim up close to look at it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t11:o1:1 # text = Fish like the colour white and swim up close to look at it 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | close *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | at colour | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} White bears swim faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t11:o2:1 # text = White bears swim faster 1 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present | White bears | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Black bears cannot swim at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t11:o3:1 # text = Black bears cannot swim at all 1 Black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **swim** | can | Black bears | | | all | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It is harder for fish to see against the bright sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:319-bears-by-kind-the-eight-bears-of-the-world:t11:o4:1 # text = It is harder for fish to see against the bright sky 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for fish; hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | against the bright sky | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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