--- title: Why do kittens stay in a safe nest for the first weeks? — Mammals and how they care for their yo… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do kittens stay in a safe nest for the first weeks? Test 4 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» 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/75-mammals-and-their-young/t4/) [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/) / [Mammals and how they care for their yo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/75-mammals-and-their-young/) / t4 # Test 4 · Mammals and how they care for their young Why do kittens stay in a safe nest for the first weeks? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kittens · **What happens:** stay · **To what, where:** safe nest This is test 4 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» 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/75-mammals-and-their-young/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t4:1 # text = Why do kittens stay in a safe nest for the first weeks? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present · do-support | kittens | | | a safe nest | week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=Location | 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} They are born helpless with closed eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t4:o1:1 # text = They are born helpless with closed eyes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · passive | | They | | | | with closed eyes; helpless *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are waiting to hatch ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t4:o2:1 # text = They are waiting to hatch 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hatch hatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hatch** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Their mother forbids them to see light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t4:o3:1 # text = Their mother forbids them to see light 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forbids forbid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | present | Their mother | them *= they* | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Their mother *not said here* | light | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are too heavy to move about on their own ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t4:o4:1 # text = They are too heavy to move about on their own 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **move about** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | their own | | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory | **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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