Exam question 1 · Bees and wasps in the garden

Identify the principal function of the waggle dance performed by the honeybee within the hive.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, perform · To what, where: principal function, waggle dance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 218 «Bees and wasps in the garden» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 dance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dance	det
7	waggle	waggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dance	compound
8	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dance	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 honeybee	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 honeybee	det
12	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 performed	obl
13	within	within	ADP	_	15 hive	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hive	det
15	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 performed	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the waggle dance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	perform	participle		the waggle dance not said here				by the honeybee; within the hive	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

The removal of parasites from the body of the dancer by vigorous motion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 parasites	case
4	parasites	parasite	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removal	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parasites	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dancer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dancer	det
10	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 body	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 motion	case
12	vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 motion	amod
13	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove		vigorous motion	parasites from the body of the dancer					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2

The generation of heat during the winter months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 generation	det
2	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 heat	case
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 generation	nmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 months	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 months	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 months	compound
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 generation	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The communication of the direction and distance of a source of food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 communication	det
2	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 direction	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 direction	det
5	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communication	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 distance	cc
7	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 direction	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 source	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 source	det
10	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 distance	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 food	case
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 source	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	communicate		the direction and distance of a source of food						nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The selection of a new queen from among the workers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 selection	det
2	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 queen	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 queen	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 queen	amod
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 workers	case
8	among	among	ADP	_	10 workers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 workers	det
10	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 queen	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select			a new queen from the workers					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

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