Exam question 4 · Bees, wasps and stings

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the attraction of wasps.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, attract · To what, where: response, attraction, wasps

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 attraction	det
13	attraction	attraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 wasps	case
15	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 attraction	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the attraction of wasps		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attraction=Experiencer
5	attract			wasps		nom attraction «phenomenon 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wasps are attracted to sweet food and drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attracted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attracted	aux:pass
3	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attracted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drink	cc
8	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · passive		Wasps				to sweet food and drink result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to food=Result

Option 2

Wasps are repelled by sweet food and drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repelled	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 repelled	aux:pass
3	repelled	repel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repelled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drink	cc
8	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present · passive		Wasps				by sweet food and drink	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

Wasps are attracted only to running water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attracted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attracted	aux:pass
3	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 water	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · passive		Wasps				to running water result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to water=Result
2	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Wasps are attracted solely to the colour black

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attracted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attracted	aux:pass
3	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 attracted	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 colour	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 colour	det
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attracted	obl
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colour	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · passive		Wasps				to the colour result; solely property	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to colour=Result

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