--- title: Why does a fat marmot sleep through winter better than a thin one? — Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a fat marmot sleep through winter better than a thin one? Test 6 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/t6/) [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/) / [Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/) / t6 # Test 6 · Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and As… Why does a fat marmot sleep through winter better than a thin one? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** fat marmot sleep This is test 6 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» 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/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t6:1 # text = Why does a fat marmot sleep through winter better than a thin one? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 marmot marmot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 parataxis _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a fat marmot sleep | | | winter | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Eventuality | 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} Fat marmots sleep less ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t6:o1:1 # text = Fat marmots sleep less 1 Fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 marmots marmot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | Fat marmots | | | | | less *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It has more stored fat to live on until spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t6:o2:1 # text = It has more stored fat to live on until spring 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 4 stored store VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 7 obl _ _ 9 until until ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | It | more stored fat | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient | | 2 | **store** | participle | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **live on** | to-infinitive | | more stored fat *not said here* | | | spring | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fat marmots eat in their sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t6:o3:1 # text = Fat marmots eat in their sleep 1 Fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 marmots marmot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Fat marmots | | | marmots's sleep | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sleep** | | marmots *= marmot* | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Thin marmots wake up warmer and stronger in the spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t6:o4:1 # text = Thin marmots wake up warmer and stronger in the spring 1 Thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 marmots marmot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wake wake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | present | Thin marmots | | | | spring | warm *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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