Test 10 · ★★ · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey
A bee from another hive lands at the door carrying nectar. What may the guards do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bee, guards · What happens: land, carry, do · To what, where: door, nectar
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 239 «Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey» 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 bee from another hive lands at the door carrying nectar.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bee | det |
| 2 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lands | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 hive | case |
| 4 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 hive | det |
| 5 | hive | hive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bee | nmod |
| 6 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 door | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lands | obl |
| 10 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 lands | advcl |
| 11 | nectar | nectar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carrying | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | a bee from another hive | the door | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | carry | gerund | a bee from another hive not said here | nectar | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme |
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: What may the guards do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guards | det |
| 4 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | may | the guards | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Give her all of their honey to take home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 honey | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 honey | nmod:poss |
| 6 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 all | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 take | mark |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Give | advcl |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | all | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient all=Theme | |||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | you not said here | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sometimes let her in, as if she paid a toll
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 let | advmod |
| 2 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 let | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 let | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 paid | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 paid | mark |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 paid | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 paid | nsubj |
| 9 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 let | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 toll | det |
| 11 | toll | toll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 paid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in | imperative | you not said here | her = she | sometimes property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 2 | pay | past | she | a toll | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toll=Asset |
Option 3
Make her their new queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 queen | nmod:poss |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 queen | amod |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | their new queen | her = she | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary queen=Product |
Option 4
Always kill her at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 kill | advmod |
| 2 | kill | kill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 kill | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 kill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | imperative | you not said here | her = she | always property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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