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# Test 9 · ★★ · Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them

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«weird, hedgehog chewing my shoe and frothing all over its back, has it got rabies» What is likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** weird hedgehog, got rabies · **What happens:** chew, froth, have, get, be · **To what, where:** shoe, back · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t9:1
# text = «weird, hedgehog chewing my shoe and frothing all over its back, has it got rabies» What is likely?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
5	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	frothing	froth	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
15	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	rabies	rabies	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** *in a quote* | gerund | weird hedgehog *not said here* | my shoe |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient |
| 2 | **froth** *in a quote* | gerund | weird hedgehog *not said here* | hedgehog's back |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location back=Theme |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | weird hedgehog | back |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **is** | present | got rabies |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

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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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It has rabies and must be taken away at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t9:o1:1
# text = It has rabies and must be taken away at once
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	rabies	rabies	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | rabies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabies=Patient |
| 2 | **take away** | must · passive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is trying to eat the shoe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t9:o2:1
# text = It is trying to eat the shoe
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the shoe |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient |

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

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It is self-anointing, which hedgehogs often do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t9:o3:1
# text = It is self-anointing, which hedgehogs often do
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	anointing	anoint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
8	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anoint** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | hedgehogs |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It is making a nest with spit and bits of shoe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them:t9:o4:1
# text = It is making a nest with spit and bits of shoe
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · progressive | It | a nest |  |  |  | with spit and bits of shoe | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material nest=Product |

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