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title: Why should a bonfire pile be checked before it is lit in November? — Sleep and hibernation · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should a bonfire pile be checked before it is lit in November? Test 4 · ★ 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 4 · ★ · Sleep and hibernation

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Why should a bonfire pile be checked before it is lit in November?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** November · **What happens:** check, lit · **To what, where:** bonfire pile, pile

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t4:1
# text = Why should a bonfire pile be checked before it is lit in November?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | should · passive |  | a bonfire pile |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **lit** | present · passive | November | pile |  |  | november |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A hedgehog may be hibernating inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t4:o1:1
# text = A hedgehog may be hibernating inside
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	hibernating	hibernate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hibernate** | may · progressive | a hedgehog |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The leaves might be too wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t4:o2:1
# text = The leaves might be too wet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | the leaves |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hedgehogs light bonfires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t4:o3:1
# text = Hedgehogs light bonfires
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	light	light	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bonfires	bonfire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | present | Hedgehogs | bonfires |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bonfire=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bats hibernate only in bonfire piles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:55-sleep-and-hibernation:t4:o4:1
# text = Bats hibernate only in bonfire piles
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	piles	pile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hibernate** | present | Bats |  |  | bonfire piles |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in pile=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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