Test 11 · ★ · Bees and wasps in the garden
A beekeeper opens a hive in a suit and puffs smoke. Why does she not get stung all over?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: beekeeper · What happens: open, puff, not sting · To what, where: hive, suit, smoke, beekeeper
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 218 «Bees and wasps in the garden» 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
Sentence 1: A beekeeper opens a hive in a suit and puffs smoke.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 beekeeper | det |
| 2 | beekeeper | beekeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 opens | nsubj |
| 3 | opens | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hive | det |
| 5 | hive | hive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 opens | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 suit | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 suit | det |
| 8 | suit | suit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 opens | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 puffs | cc |
| 10 | puffs | puff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 opens | conj |
| 11 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 puffs | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 opens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present | a beekeeper | a hive | a suit | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hive=Theme in suit=Location | |||
| 2 | puff | present | a beekeeper not said here | smoke | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location smoke=Source |
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.
Sentence 2: Why does she not get stung all over?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 stung | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stung | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stung | nsubj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 stung | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stung | aux:pass |
| 6 | stung | sting | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 over | advmod |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 stung | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 stung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sting | present · passive · do-support | beekeeper | over property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
Bees only sting at night when it is dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sting | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 sting | advmod |
| 3 | sting | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 night | case |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sting | obl |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 dark | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 dark | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dark | cop |
| 9 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | present | Bees | night | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | dark property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The smoke hides the alarm smell and the suit protects her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smoke | det |
| 2 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hides | nsubj |
| 3 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 smell | det |
| 5 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smell | compound |
| 6 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hides | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 protects | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 suit | det |
| 9 | suit | suit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 protects | nsubj |
| 10 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hides | conj |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 protects | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | the smoke | the alarm smell | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Patient | ||||
| 2 | protect | present | the suit | smoke | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Bees cannot see people dressed in white
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | obj |
| 6 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 see | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 white | case |
| 8 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | Bees | people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dress | participle | people not said here | white | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The smoke makes the bees go blind for an hour, so they cannot find her
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smoke | det |
| 2 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bees | det |
| 5 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | nsubj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 makes | ccomp |
| 7 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blind | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 find | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 find | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 find | nsubj |
| 14 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 find | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 find | advmod |
| 16 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | conj |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the smoke | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | present | the bees | blind property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not find | can | bees = bee | smoke | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |
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