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# Test 6 · ★★ · Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them

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«dad's had the bonfire pile up for 3 weeks, lighting it tonight» What should he do first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, bonfire · **What happens:** have, pile up, light, do · **To what, where:** bonfire

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them» of the biology 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/biology/214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t6:1
# text = «dad's had the bonfire pile up for 3 weeks, lighting it tonight» What should he do first?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pile	pile	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	lighting	light	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
21	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present · passive | dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pile up** *in a quote* | present | the bonfire |  |  |  | week |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **light** *in a quote* | gerund | the bonfire *not said here* | bonfire |  |  | tonight |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 4 | **do** | should | dad |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Nothing, hedgehogs never go in piles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t6:o1:1
# text = Nothing, hedgehogs never go in piles
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	piles	pile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | present | Nothing hedgehogs |  |  | piles |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pile=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pour petrol on it to scare hedgehogs out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t6:o2:1
# text = Pour petrol on it to scare hedgehogs out
1	Pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | imperative | you *not said here* | petrol |  | petrol |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petrol=Patient |
| 2 | **scare out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | hedgehogs |  |  |  | out *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hedgehog=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Check it carefully for hedgehogs, or rebuild it on the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t6:o3:1
# text = Check it carefully for hedgehogs, or rebuild it on the day
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rebuild	rebuild	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | for hedgehogs; carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for hedgehog=Attribute |
| 2 | **rebuild** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  | day |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Light it fast so hedgehogs run away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t6:o4:1
# text = Light it fast so hedgehogs run away
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** |  | Light |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run away** | present | hedgehogs |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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