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title: In a cartoon the squirrel snores in its hole all winter like a bear.… — The garden in winter: bare trees, trac… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon the squirrel snores in its hole all winter like a bear. What do real squirrels do? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 336 «The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and who sleeps where» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and w…

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In a cartoon the squirrel snores in its hole all winter like a bear. What do real squirrels do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** squirrel, real squirrels · **What happens:** snore, be, do

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 336 «The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and who sleeps where» 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/336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon the squirrel snores in its hole all winter like a bear.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon the squirrel snores in its hole all winter like a bear.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	snores	snore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snore** | present | the squirrel |  |  |  | winter | in squirrel's hole; like a bear; in a cartoon | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What do real squirrels do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where:t3:2
# text = What do real squirrels do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real squirrels |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Move into houses for the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where:t3:o1:1
# text = Move into houses for the winter
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | houses | winter |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into house=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grow a white coat and hide in snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where:t3:o2:1
# text = Grow a white coat and hide in snow
1	Grow	grow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | imperative | you *not said here* | a white coat |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coat=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | present | you *not said here* |  |  | snow |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sleep without waking until spring, just like bears and hedgehogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where:t3:o3:1
# text = Sleep without waking until spring, just like bears and hedgehogs
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | gerund | Sleep |  |  |  | spring | like bears and hedgehogs | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stay awake, resting on the coldest days and eating buried nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where:t3:o4:1
# text = Stay awake, resting on the coldest days and eating buried nuts
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	coldest	cold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
11	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rest** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* | buried nuts |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient |
| 4 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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