Exam question 4 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps
It is given that a honeybee stings a human being. Determine the consequence for the bee.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: honeybee, you · What happens: give, sting, determine · To what, where: It, human, consequence
This is exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a honeybee stings a human being.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 stings | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 honeybee | det |
| 6 | honeybee | honeybee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stings | nsubj |
| 7 | stings | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 human | det |
| 9 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stings | obj |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 stings | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sting | present | a honeybee | a human | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus human=Experiencer |
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: Determine the consequence for the bee.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 bee | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bee | det |
| 6 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the consequence | for the bee | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The bee is unharmed and may sting again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bee | det |
| 2 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unharmed | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 unharmed | cop |
| 4 | unharmed | unharmed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sting | cc |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sting | aux |
| 7 | sting | sting | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 unharmed | conj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 sting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the bee | unharmed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sting | may | the bee not said here | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The barbed sting remains lodged and the bee dies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 remains | det |
| 2 | barbed | barbed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remains | amod |
| 3 | sting | sting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remains | compound |
| 4 | remains | remains | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 lodged | nsubj |
| 5 | lodged | lodge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 dies | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bee | det |
| 8 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dies | nsubj |
| 9 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lodged | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lodge | past | the barbed sting remains | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | die | present | the bee | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
The bee becomes a queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bee | det |
| 2 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | nsubj |
| 3 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | the bee | a queen | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The bee loses its wings only and must walk back to the hive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bee | det |
| 2 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loses | nsubj |
| 3 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wings | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 loses | obj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 loses | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 walk | cc |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 walk | aux |
| 9 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 loses | conj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 walk | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 hive | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hive | det |
| 13 | hive | hive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | the bee | bee's wings | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | walk back | must | the bee not said here | to the hive result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hive=Result |
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