Exam question 3 · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey

Ascertain the purpose for which honey is produced and stored by honeybees.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, produce, store · To what, where: purpose, honey

This is exam question 3 of lesson 239 «Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 produced	mark
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 honey	det
6	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produced	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 produced	aux:pass
8	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stored	cc
10	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 produced	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 honeybees	case
12	honeybees	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stored	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the purpose		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	produce	present · passive		which honey		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
3	store	participle			by honeybees	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by honeybee=Location

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

It is produced solely for human consumption

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 consumption	case
6	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 consumption	amod
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive		It				for human consumption; solely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for consumption=Beneficiary

Option 2

It is employed in the repulsion of bears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 employed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 repulsion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 repulsion	det
6	repulsion	repulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 employed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 bears	case
8	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 repulsion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It		the repulsion of bears			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	repulse			bears					nom repulsion «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes the food of the colony during winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 colony	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 colony	det
7	colony	colony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 food	nmod
8	during	during	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	the food of the colony			winter		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Pivot

Option 4

It serves as the material of the comb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 material	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 material	det
5	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 comb	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 comb	det
8	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 material	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					as the material of the comb	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as material=Attribute

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