Exam question 2 · Bees, wasps and stings

Identify the principal reason for which a bee's stinger ought to be removed promptly.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, remove · To what, where: principal reason, stinger

This is exam question 2 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	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	14 removed	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bee	det
8	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stinger	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 bee	case
10	stinger	stinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 removed	nsubj:pass
11	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 removed	aux
12	to	to	PART	_	14 removed	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 removed	aux:pass
14	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
15	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	14 removed	advmod
16	.	.	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	remove	ought · passive	you not said here	a bee's stinger				for the principal reason; promptly property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 attracts other bees to the place

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 attracts	nsubj
2	attracts	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bees	amod
4	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attracts	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 place	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attracts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	It	other bees				to the place result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent bee=Patient to place=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It continues to pump venom for a short period

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 continues	nsubj
2	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pump	mark
4	pump	pump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 continues	xcomp
5	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pump	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 period	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 period	det
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 period	amod
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pump	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	It						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	pump	to-infinitive		venom				for a short period	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent venom=Theme

Option 3

It will grow deeper into the skin over many days

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 grow	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	deeper	deep	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 grow	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 days	amod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	future	It				day	into the skin result; deep property	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into skin=Result

Option 4

It will fall out of its own accord at once

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 fall	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fall	aux
3	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	8 accord	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 accord	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 accord	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 accord	amod
8	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	future	It			its own accord			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out accord=Location

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