--- title: Why does a dormouse not need to eat for months in winter? — Migration and hibernation · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a dormouse not need to eat for months in winter? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 28 «Migration and hibernation» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/28-migration-and-hibernation/t3/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Migration and hibernation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/28-migration-and-hibernation/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Migration and hibernation Why does a dormouse not need to eat for months in winter? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dormouse · **What happens:** not need, eat This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 28 «Migration and hibernation» of the world 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/world/28-migration-and-hibernation/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t3:1 # text = Why does a dormouse not need to eat for months in winter? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dormouse dormouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | a dormouse | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a dormouse *not said here* | | | | month; winter | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Its slowed body uses little energy from its fat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t3:o1:1 # text = Its slowed body uses little energy from its fat 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 slowed slowed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from 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 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | Its slowed body | little energy | | body's fat | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It eats the snow around its nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t3:o2:1 # text = It eats the snow around its nest 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 around around ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | It | the snow | | snow's nest | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It catches insects in its sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t3:o3:1 # text = It catches insects in its sleep 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present | It | insects | | its sleep | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It has a big stomach that it filled with food in autumn ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:28-migration-and-hibernation:t3:o4:1 # text = It has a big stomach that it filled with food in autumn 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | It | a big stomach | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient | | 2 | **fill** | past | stomach | a big stomach *not said here* | | | autumn | with food | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient with food=Instrument | **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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