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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hibernation of hedgehogs. Exam question 4 of lesson 214 «Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them

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

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 214 «Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them» 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/214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hibernation of hedgehogs.
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	_	13	case	_	_
13	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 hedgehogs |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hibernation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **hibernate** |  | hedgehogs |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The body warms and the heart accelerates throughout the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:e4:o1:1
# text = The body warms and the heart accelerates throughout the winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	accelerates	accelerate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | present | the body |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **accelerate** | present | the heart |  |  |  | winter |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The body cools and the heart slows to conserve energy, sufficient fat being required beforehand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:e4:o2:1
# text = The body cools and the heart slows to conserve energy, sufficient fat being required beforehand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	conserve	conserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
16	beforehand	beforehand	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | present | the body | sufficient fat |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **slow** | present | the heart |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **conserve** | to-infinitive | the heart *not said here* | energy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **require** | gerund · passive |  | sufficient fat *not said here* |  |  |  | beforehand *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hedgehogs remain fully active throughout the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:e4:o3:1
# text = Hedgehogs remain fully active throughout the winter
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	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	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | Hedgehogs |  |  |  |  | active *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hibernation requires the animal to fast throughout the autumn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:e4:o4:1
# text = Hibernation requires the animal to fast throughout the autumn
1	Hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	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	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fast	fast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Hibernation | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme animal=Precondition |
| 2 | **fast** | to-infinitive | Hibernation *not said here* |  |  |  | autumn |  | tree rules |

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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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