Exam question 1 · Honey and the beekeeper's year

Identify the principal reason for which smoke is employed by the beekeeper at the entrance of the hive.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, beekeeper · What happens: identify, employ · To what, where: principal reason, smoke, entrance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 344 «Honey and the beekeeper's year» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 employed	obl
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 employed	aux:pass
9	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 beekeeper	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 beekeeper	det
12	beekeeper	beekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 entrance	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 entrance	det
15	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 hive	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hive	det
18	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 entrance	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	employ	present · passive	the beekeeper	smoke		the entrance of the hive		for the principal reason	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for which=Eventuality

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 renders the bees permanently unconscious

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bees	det
4	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 renders	obj
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 unconscious	advmod
6	unconscious	unconscious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the bees				unconscious property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Theme

Option 2

It warms the brood during inspection

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 warms	nsubj
2	warms	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brood	det
4	brood	brood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warms	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 inspection	case
6	inspection	inspection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present	It	the brood			during inspection		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brood=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It conceals the alarm odour of the guard bees, whereupon the bees consume honey and become calmer

The tree, 17 words

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 conceals	nsubj
2	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 odour	det
4	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 odour	compound
5	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceals	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 bees	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bees	det
8	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bees	compound
9	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 odour	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 consume	punct
11	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	14 consume	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bees	det
13	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 consume	nsubj
14	consume	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 conceals	parataxis
15	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consume	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 become	cc
17	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 consume	conj
18	calmer	calm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	It	the alarm odour of the guard bees		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent odour=Patient
2	consume	present	the bees	honey	whereupon property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Asset
3	become	infinitive	the bees not said here		calm property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It removes the stings of the bees

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 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stings	det
4	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bees	det
7	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	the stings of the bees					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Theme
2	sting			the bees					nom sting «state transitive»: of=patient

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