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title: Why should you never disturb a hibernating hedgehog? — Sleep and hibernation · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should you never disturb a hibernating hedgehog? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 55 «Sleep and hibernation» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Sleep and hibernation

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Why should you never disturb a hibernating hedgehog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** not disturb, hibernate · **To what, where:** hibernating hedgehog

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 55 «Sleep and hibernation» 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/55-sleep-and-hibernation/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t3:1
# text = Why should you never disturb a hibernating hedgehog?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	disturb	disturb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hibernating	hibernate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **disturb** | should | you | a hibernating hedgehog |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hedgehog=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hibernate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

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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 will bite you with poison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t3:o1:1
# text = It will bite you with poison
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | future | It | you |  |  |  | with poison | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with poison=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It will roll away and get lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t3:o2:1
# text = It will roll away and get lost
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	roll	roll	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll away** | future | It |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It will stay awake for ever and never be able to sleep again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t3:o3:1
# text = It will stay awake for ever and never be able to sleep again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | future | It |  |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Waking up burns its fat store, which it needs to last the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t3:o4:1
# text = Waking up burns its fat store, which it needs to last the winter
1	Waking	wake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **burn** | present | Waking | its fat store |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent store=Theme |
| 3 | **need** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **last** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | winter |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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