Test 6 · ★★ · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey

«Nan says the bees are all dying, can I do anything» What helps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nan, bees · What happens: say, die, do, help · To what, where: anything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bees	det
5	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dying	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dying	aux
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 dying	advmod
8	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 helps	csubj
13	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 do	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 helps	nsubj
16	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die in a quote	present · progressive	the bees		all property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	do in a quote	can	Nan	anything		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
4	help	present				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Leave wild flowers or grow lavender

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flowers	amod
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leave	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 grow	cc
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
6	lavender	lavender	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	wild flowers					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme
2	grow	infinitive	you not said here	lavender					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lavender=Theme

Option 2

Kill all the wasps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 wasps	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wasps	det
4	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	imperative	you not said here	all wasps					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wasp=Theme

Option 3

Keep a bee in a jar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bee	det
3	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 jar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 jar	det
6	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	a bee		a jar			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bee=Theme in jar=Location

Option 4

Buy more honey from the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 honey	amod
3	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buy	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 shop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	more honey		the shop			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent honey=Theme from shop=Source

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