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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bea…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«bears hibernate same as dormice yeah, totally out cold» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bears · **What happens:** hibernate, be · **To what, where:** same

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» 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/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t3:1
# text = «bears hibernate same as dormice yeah, totally out cold» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dormice	dormouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hibernate** *in a quote* | present | bears | same |  |  |  | as dormice | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location same=Value |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Yes, bears go stone cold and freeze solid until the spring comes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, bears go stone cold and freeze solid until the spring comes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | bears | stone |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stone=Theme |
| 2 | **freeze** | infinitive | bears *not said here* |  |  |  |  | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **come** | present | the spring |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, bears never sleep in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t3:o2:1
# text = No, bears never sleep in winter
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | present | bears |  |  |  | winter |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a bear's body cools only a few degrees and it can wake fast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t3:o3:1
# text = No, a bear's body cools only a few degrees and it can wake fast
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
16	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | present | a bear's body | a few degrees |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **wake** | can | body |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, nothing could wake a bear in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, nothing could wake a bear in winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | could | nothing | a bear |  |  | winter |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bear=Patient |

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