Test 8 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction

«no bees, so what, I don't even like honey» Why would losing bees matter?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, bees · What happens: not like, lose, matter · To what, where: honey

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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 bees	punct
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 bees	det
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 what	advmod
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 bees	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 like	nsubj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 like	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 like	advmod
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 like	advmod
12	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 what	acl:relcl
13	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 like	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
15	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 losing	advmod
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 losing	aux
17	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 like	advcl
18	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 matter	nsubj
19	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 losing	xcomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 bees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not like in a quote	present · do-support	I	honey	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot honey=Theme
2	lose	would	I not said here		tree rules
3	matter	infinitive	bees		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

Bees are pests that eat fruit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pests	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pests	cop
3	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 eat	nsubj
5	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pests	acl:relcl
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bees	pests					tree rules
2	eat	present	pests	fruit					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Many food crops benefit from pollinating animals like bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crops	amod
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crops	compound
3	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 benefit	nsubj
4	benefit	benefit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 animals	case
6	pollinating	pollinate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 benefit	obl
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 bees	case
9	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	benefit	present	Many food crops					from pollinating animals like bees	vn benefit-72.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Beneficiary from animal=Causer
2	pollinate	gerund							tree rules

Option 3

Losing bees would make more flowers grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 make	csubj
2	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Losing	obj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 flowers	amod
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grow	nsubj
7	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose	gerund		bees	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Eventuality
2	make	would	Losing		tree rules
3	grow	present	more flowers		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Bees only make honey and do nothing else that is useful to anybody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 make	advmod
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 do	cc
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 make	conj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 do	obj
8	else	else	ADV	_	7 nothing	advmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 useful	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 useful	cop
11	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nothing	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 anybody	case
13	anybody	anybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 useful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	Bees	honey		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Product
2	do	present	Bees not said here	nothing		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
3	is	present			to anybody; useful property	tree rules

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