Exam question 3 · Bees and wasps in the garden

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the domestic arrangements of the majority of bee species.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, arrange · To what, where: response, domestic arrangements, majority

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 arrangements	det
11	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 arrangements	amod
12	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 majority	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 majority	det
15	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arrangements	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 species	case
17	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 species	compound
18	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 majority	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the domestic arrangements of the majority of bee species		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus arrangement=Experiencer
4	arrange			the majority of bee species		nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 right answer

The majority live alone and lay eggs in holes and tunnels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lay	cc
6	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 live	conj
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lay	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 holes	case
9	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lay	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tunnels	cc
11	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 holes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	the majority					alone property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lay	present	the majority not said here	eggs		holes and tunnels			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in hole=Destination

Option 2

The majority construct suspended nests of paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 construct	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 construct	compound
3	construct	construct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suspended	nsubj
4	suspended	suspend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 suspended	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 paper	case
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suspend	past	the majority construct	nests of paper					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Theme

Option 3

The majority live in large colonies governed by a single queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 colonies	case
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 colonies	amod
6	colonies	colony	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
7	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 colonies	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 queen	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 queen	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 queen	amod
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 governed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	the majority			large colonies			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in colony=Location
2	govern	participle		large colonies not said here				by a single queen	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The majority inhabit wooden hives provided by beekeepers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inhabit	nsubj
3	inhabit	inhabit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hives	amod
5	hives	hive	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inhabit	obj
6	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hives	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 beekeepers	case
8	beekeepers	beekeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 provided	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	infinitive	the majority	wooden hives					tree rules
2	provide	participle		wooden hives not said here					vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

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