Test 3 · ★★ · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey
A big ball of bees hangs on a branch in the garden. What is the best thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big ball, best thing · What happens: hang, be, do · To what, where: branch
This is test 3 · ★★ 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 big ball of bees hangs on a branch in the garden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ball | amod |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hangs | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 bees | case |
| 5 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ball | nmod |
| 6 | hangs | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 branch | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 branch | det |
| 9 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hangs | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 garden | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 garden | det |
| 12 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hangs | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 hangs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | present | a big ball of bees | a branch | in the garden | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=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.
Sentence 2: What is the best thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the best thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Spray it with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spray | spray | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spray | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spray | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spray | imperative | you not said here | it | with water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with water=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Leave it and call a beekeeper; swarms are usually calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 call | cc |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 beekeeper | det |
| 6 | beekeeper | beekeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 calm | punct |
| 8 | swarms | swarm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 calm | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 calm | cop |
| 10 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 11 calm | advmod |
| 11 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Leave | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | a beekeeper | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent beekeeper=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | swarms | calm, usually property | tree rules |
Option 3
Climb up and look inside to find the queen bee in the middle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Climb | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 look | cc |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Climb | conj |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 4 look | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 find | mark |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 look | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bee | det |
| 9 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bee | compound |
| 10 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 find | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 middle | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 middle | det |
| 13 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bee | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | you not said here | inside property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | you not said here | the queen bee | the middle | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Topic |
Option 4
Hit it with a stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hit | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 stick | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 stick | det |
| 5 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | imperative | you not said here | it | with a stick | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with stick=Instrument |
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