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

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 had	aux
4	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bonfire	det
6	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pile	nsubj
7	pile	pile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 had	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 pile	compound:prt
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 weeks	case
10	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 weeks	nummod
11	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pile	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lighting	punct
13	lighting	light	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 pile	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 lighting	obj
15	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lighting	obl:unmarked
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 do	obj
18	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 do	aux
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 do	nsubj
20	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
21	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 do	advmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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

Option 1

Nothing, hedgehogs never go in piles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 hedgehogs	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 piles	case
7	piles	pile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	obl

#	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

Pour petrol on it to scare hedgehogs out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pour	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 scare	mark
6	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pour	advcl
7	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scare	obj
8	out	out	ADV	_	6 scare	advmod

#	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Check	obj
3	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Check	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 hedgehogs	case
5	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Check	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rebuild	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 rebuild	cc
8	rebuild	rebuild	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Check	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rebuild	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rebuild	obl

#	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

Light it fast so hedgehogs run away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fast	obl:unmarked
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Light	nsubj
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 run	mark
5	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 run	nsubj
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fast	advcl
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 run	advmod

#	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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