--- title: Why does a hamster need a wheel that is large? — Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a hamster need a wheel that is large? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» of the everyday 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/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish Why does a hamster need a wheel that is large? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hamster, wheel · **What happens:** need, be · **To what, where:** wheel This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» of the everyday 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/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t9:1 # text = Why does a hamster need a wheel that is large? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hamster hamster NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · do-support | a hamster | a wheel | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wheel=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | a wheel | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | 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} Small wheels make hamsters run too fast and get very dizzy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t9:o1:1 # text = Small wheels make hamsters run too fast and get very dizzy 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hamsters hamster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 dizzy dizzy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Small wheels | hamsters | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | infinitive | hamsters *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | hamsters *not said here* | | | | | dizzy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hamsters like to sleep in their wheels ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t9:o2:1 # text = Hamsters like to sleep in their wheels 1 Hamsters hamster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | Hamsters | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Hamsters *not said here* | | | Hamsters's wheels | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in wheel=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A small wheel bends its back and can hurt its spine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t9:o3:1 # text = A small wheel bends its back and can hurt its spine 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 spine spine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | present | a small wheel | wheel's back | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent back=Material | | 2 | **hurt** | can | a small wheel *not said here* | wheel's spine | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spine=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Large wheels are quieter at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t9:o4:1 # text = Large wheels are quieter at night 1 Large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 quieter quiet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Large wheels | | | | night | quiet *property* | tree rules | **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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