Exam question 1 · Bees, wasps and stings

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the fate of a honeybee subsequent to stinging a person?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, sting, fate · To what, where: fate, person, honeybee subsequent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» of the everyday 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fate	det
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 subsequent	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 subsequent	det
13	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 subsequent	compound
14	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod
15	to	to	SCONJ	_	16 stinging	mark
16	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 person	det
18	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stinging	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the fate of a honeybee subsequent	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	sting	gerund	a person		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer
4	fate		a honeybee subsequent		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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 withdraws its stinger and stings again

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 withdraws	nsubj
2	withdraws	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 stinger	nmod:poss
4	stinger	stinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraws	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stings	cc
6	stings	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 withdraws	conj
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 stings	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	present	It	its stinger					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stinger=Theme
2	sting	present					again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It loses its wings but survives

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 loses	nsubj
2	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wings	nmod:poss
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loses	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 survives	cc
6	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 loses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	It	its wings					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Eventuality
2	survive	present							vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Its barbed stinger remains in the skin and the bee dies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 stinger	nmod:poss
2	barbed	barbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stinger	amod
3	stinger	stinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remains	nsubj
4	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remains	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dies	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bee	det
10	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dies	nsubj
11	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remains	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Its barbed stinger			the skin			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in skin=Location
2	die	present	the bee						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

It returns to the hive unharmed

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 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 hive	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hive	det
5	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
6	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 returns	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	It					to the hive result; unharmed property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to hive=Result

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