Test 3 · ★ · Bees and wasps in the garden

«my brother says all bees die if they sting u, so they never sting» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, bees · What happens: say, die, sting, not sting, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 bees	det
6	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 die	nsubj
7	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 sting	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sting	nsubj
10	sting	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 die	advcl
11	u	u	ADV	_	10 sting	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sting	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 sting	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sting	nsubj
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 sting	advmod
16	sting	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 sting	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 right	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 right	cop
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sting	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my brother		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die in a quote	present	all bees		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	sting a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	bees = bee		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	not sting in a quote	present	bees = bee		tree rules
5	is	present		right property	tree rules

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

No bee has a sting at all, they only bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 bee	det
2	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sting	det
5	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sting	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bite	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bite	nsubj
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 bite	advmod
11	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	no bee	a sting		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Patient
2	bite	present	they						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Only a honeybee worker usually dies; bumblebees can sting again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 worker	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 worker	det
3	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worker	compound
4	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dies	nsubj
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 dies	advmod
6	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 dies	punct
8	bumblebees	bumblebee	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sting	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 sting	aux
10	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dies	xcomp
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 sting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	a honeybee worker					usually property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sting	can	bumblebees				again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Only bumblebees die after stinging; honeybees can sting again and again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 bumblebees	advmod
2	bumblebees	bumblebee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 die	nsubj
3	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 stinging	mark
5	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 die	advcl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 sting	punct
7	honeybees	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sting	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sting	aux
9	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 die	parataxis
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 sting	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 again	cc
12	again	again	ADV	_	10 again	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	die	present	bumblebees		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	sting	gerund	bumblebees not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	sting	can	honeybees	again	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

All bees die after one sting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 bees	det
2	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 die	nsubj
3	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 sting	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 sting	nummod
6	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	all bees				after one sting		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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