Test 4 · Bees beyond the hive: bumblebees, solitary bees, carpenter…

«my cousin says science proved bumblebees can't fly lol» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, science, bumblebees, best answer · What happens: say, prove, not fly, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 305 «Bees beyond the hive: bumblebees, solitary bees, carpenter bees and stingless bees» 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proved	nsubj
6	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	bumblebees	bumblebee	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fly	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fly	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 fly	advmod
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 proved	ccomp
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 proved	discourse
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 proved	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 proved	ccomp
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 What	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 answer	det
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 answer	amod
17	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 What	nsubj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my cousin	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	prove in a quote	past	science	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not fly in a quote	can	bumblebees	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	present	the best answer	tree rules

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

That was a wrong sum about stiff wings; real bee wings flap fast and stir the air

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 sum	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sum	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sum	det
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	amod
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 wings	case
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wings	amod
8	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sum	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 flap	punct
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wings	amod
11	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wings	compound
12	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 flap	nsubj
13	flap	flap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sum	parataxis
14	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 flap	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stir	cc
16	stir	stir	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 flap	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 air	det
18	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stir	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a wrong sum	about stiff wings	tree rules
2	flap	present	real bee wings		fast property	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stir	infinitive	real bee wings not said here	the air		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus air=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, they only fly because nobody told them they can't, it's true

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 fly	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fly	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 fly	advmod
5	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	csubj
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 told	mark
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 told	nsubj
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fly	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	iobj
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ca	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 told	ccomp
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 ca	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fly	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 true	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	fly	present	they			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	nobody	them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
3	is	present	it		true property	tree rules

Option 3

They glide only and never flap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 glide	nsubj
2	glide	glide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 glide	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flap	cc
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 flap	advmod
6	flap	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 glide	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glide	present	They						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not flap	infinitive	They not said here						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, they float by magic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 float	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 magic	case
6	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 float	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	they					by magic	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by magic=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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