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title: Ascertain the action appropriate upon finding a small hedgehog abroa… — The real animals of the Wild Wood: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the action appropriate upon finding a small hedgehog abroad in daylight during January. Exam question 3 of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 3 · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

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Ascertain the action appropriate upon finding a small hedgehog abroad in daylight during January.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, find · **To what, where:** action, small hedgehog, daylight

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» 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/405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the action appropriate upon finding a small hedgehog abroad in daylight during January.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the action |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | you *not said here* | a small hedgehog |  | daylight | january |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Inform an adult, so that a wildlife rescue may be consulted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:e3:o1:1
# text = Inform an adult, so that a wildlife rescue may be consulted
1	Inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **consult** | may · passive |  | a wildlife rescue |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Return it to the garden and take no further action whatever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:e3:o2:1
# text = Return it to the garden and take no further action whatever
1	Return	return	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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
9	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the garden |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to garden=Destination |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | no further action |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument action=Theme whatever=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Provide it with a quantity of cow's milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:e3:o3:1
# text = Provide it with a quantity of cow's milk
1	Provide	provide	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with a quantity of cow's milk | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with quantity=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Convey it indoors to sleep in a warm bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs:e3:o4:1
# text = Convey it indoors to sleep in a warm bed
1	Convey	convey	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	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a warm bed |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location |

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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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