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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Forests: woodland through the year and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hibernation of the hedgehog. Exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern forest» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 4 · Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hibernation of the hedgehog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, hedgehog · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, hibernate · **To what, where:** response, hibernation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern forest» 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/12-forests-woodland-through-the-year/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hibernation of the hedgehog.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the hibernation of the hedgehog |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hibernation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **hibernate** |  | the hedgehog |  |  |  |  |  | nom hibernation «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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}

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The hedgehog remains active throughout the winter but abstains from food of every kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:e4:o1:1
# text = The hedgehog remains active throughout the winter but abstains from food of every kind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	abstains	abstain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the hedgehog |  |  |  | winter | active *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **abstain** | present | the hedgehog *not said here* |  |  | food of every kind |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The rate of the heartbeat diminishes from about 190 to about 20 per minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:e4:o2:1
# text = The rate of the heartbeat diminishes from about 190 to about 20 per minute
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	diminishes	diminish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	190	190	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	_
13	per	per	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **diminish** | present | the rate of the heartbeat |  |  | 190 to 20 per minute |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The heart ceases to beat entirely until the spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:e4:o3:1
# text = The heart ceases to beat entirely until the spring
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the heart |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **beat** | to-infinitive | the heart *not said here* |  |  |  | spring | entirely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The heartbeat is accelerated to generate warmth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:e4:o4:1
# text = The heartbeat is accelerated to generate warmth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	accelerated	accelerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	generate	generate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accelerate** | present · passive |  | the heartbeat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **generate** | to-infinitive |  | warmth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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