Exam question 4 · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hexagonal form of the cells of the honeycomb.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, form · To what, where: response, hexagonal form, cells

This is exam question 4 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	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 form	det
11	hexagonal	hexagonal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 form	amod
12	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 cells	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cells	det
15	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 form	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 honeycomb	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 honeycomb	det
18	honeycomb	honeycomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cells	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 hexagonal form of the cells of the honeycomb		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus form=Experiencer
4	form			the cells of the honeycomb		nom form «communication 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

It serves no purpose whatsoever

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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 serves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It	no purpose				whatsoever property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It arises from the cells being made of honey

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 cells	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cells	det
5	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arises	obl
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cells	acl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 honey	case
9	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			the cells			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	gerund · passive		the cells not said here				of honey	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

Option 3

It is determined by the six legs of the bee

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 determined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	aux:pass
3	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 legs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 legs	det
6	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 legs	nummod
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 determined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bee	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bee	det
10	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 legs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the six legs of the bee	It					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It permits the greatest storage of honey for the least expenditure of wax

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 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 storage	det
4	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 storage	amod
5	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 honey	case
7	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 storage	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 expenditure	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 expenditure	det
10	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 expenditure	amod
11	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 storage	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 wax	case
13	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expenditure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the greatest storage of honey	for the least expenditure of wax	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storage=Theme
2	store			honey	for the least expenditure of wax	nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl
3	expend			wax		nom expenditure «possession transitive»: of=patient

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