--- title: How could a swift sleep while flying? — The garden in summer: flowers, aphids,… · tree and pragmatics description: How could a swift sleep while flying? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 334 «The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flying ant day» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/t9/) [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 garden in summer: flowers, aphids,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flyin… How could a swift sleep while flying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** swift sleep · **What happens:** fly This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 334 «The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flying ant day» 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/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t9:1 # text = How could a swift sleep while flying? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | could | a swift sleep | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It never sleeps at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t9:o1:1 # text = It never sleeps at all 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 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | present | It | | | all | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It lands on a soft cloud and sleeps there for a few hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t9:o2:1 # text = It lands on a soft cloud and sleeps there for a few hours 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lands land VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | present | It | | | a soft cloud | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on cloud=Destination | | 2 | **sleep** | present | | | | there | hour | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It sleeps in short naps high in the air while gliding ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t9:o3:1 # text = It sleeps in short naps high in the air while gliding 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 naps nap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 gliding glide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | It | | | short naps | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in nap=Location | | 2 | **glide** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It sleeps standing on a roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t9:o4:1 # text = It sleeps standing on a roof 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | | | | a roof | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=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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