--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Sleep and hibernation · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sleep of the dolphin? Exam question 2 of lesson 55 «Sleep and hibernation» 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/55-sleep-and-hibernation/e2/) [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/) / [Sleep and hibernation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Sleep and hibernation Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sleep of the dolphin? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dolphin · **What happens:** follow, characteris, sleep · **To what, where:** sleep This is exam question 2 of lesson 55 «Sleep and hibernation» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/55-sleep-and-hibernation/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sleep of the dolphin? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dolphin dolphin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the sleep of the dolphin | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sleep** | | the dolphin | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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} Both halves of the brain rest simultaneously upon the seabed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:e2:o1:1 # text = Both halves of the brain rest simultaneously upon the seabed 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 halves half NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 rest rest VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 simultaneously simultaneously ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 seabed seabed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | infinitive | both halves of the brain | | | the seabed | | simultaneously *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon seabed=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The dolphin does not sleep at any point ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:e2:o2:1 # text = The dolphin does not sleep at any point 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dolphin dolphin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | present · do-support | the dolphin | | | any point | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dolphin sleeps exclusively upon the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:e2:o3:1 # text = The dolphin sleeps exclusively upon the shore 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dolphin dolphin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | the dolphin | | | | | upon the shore; exclusively *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} One half of the brain rests while the other remains alert ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:e2:o4:1 # text = One half of the brain rests while the other remains alert 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 11 nsubj _ _ 11 alert alert VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | present | One half of the brain | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **alert** *speech: other* | present | the other remains | | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | **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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