Test 17 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings

did u hear Jayden got stung by like 50 wasps at the picnic cos he waved his arms at them

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, 50 wasps, Jayden · What happens: hear, sting, wave · To what, where: Jayden, arms

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» of the everyday 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stung	nsubj
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stung	aux:pass
6	stung	sting	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hear	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 wasps	case
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 wasps	case
9	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 wasps	nummod
10	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stung	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 picnic	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 picnic	det
13	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wasps	nmod
14	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 waved	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 waved	nsubj
16	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stung	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 arms	nmod:poss
18	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 waved	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	sting	past · passive	50 wasps at the picnic	Jayden		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
3	wave	past	Jayden	Jayden's arms	at arms = arm	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=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

Real lesson: waving arms scares wasps away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scares	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 waving	punct
4	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 scares	csubj
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waving	obj
6	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scares	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 scares	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	gerund		arms					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
2	scare away	present	Real lesson	wasps				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wasp=Experiencer

Option 2

It proves picnics are the only place wasps live

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 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	picnics	picnic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proves	obj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 live	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wasps	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wasps	amod
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wasps	compound
8	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 live	nsubj
9	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	picnics					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent picnic=Attribute clause=Theme
2	is	present	the only place wasps					live property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: swatting makes stings more likely, so stay calm; «50» is probably exaggerated

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 makes	punct
4	swatting	swat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	acl:relcl
6	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 makes	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 likely	advmod
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stay	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 stay	advmod
11	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 makes	conj
12	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stay	xcomp
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 50	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 50	punct
15	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 makes	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 makes	punct
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 exaggerated	aux:pass
18	probably	probably	ADV	_	19 exaggerated	advmod
19	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swat	gerund			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	stings	50 obl; likely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sting=Product
3	stay	infinitive		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	exaggerate	present · passive	Real lesson	probably property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It means wasps sting only boys

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sting	nsubj
4	sting	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 boys	advmod
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sting	present	wasps	boys					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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