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Test 2 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings

Ruby is stung by a wasp in Melbourne. There is no stinger in her skin. Why not?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wasp, stinger · What happens: sting, be · To what, where: Ruby

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Ruby is stung by a wasp in Melbourne.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stung	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stung	aux:pass
3	stung	sting	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wasp	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wasp	det
6	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stung	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Melbourne	case
8	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wasp	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	present · passive	a wasp in Melbourne	Ruby					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

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.

Sentence 2: There is no stinger in her skin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 stinger	det
4	stinger	stinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 skin	nmod:poss
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stinger	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no stinger in stinger's skin			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Why not?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Why	advmod
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A wasp's sting is smooth and stays with the wasp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wasp	det
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sting	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 wasp	case
4	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smooth	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 smooth	cop
6	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stays	cc
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 smooth	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 wasp	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wasp	det
11	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a wasp's sting					smooth property	tree rules
2	stay	present	a wasp's sting not said here					with the wasp	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with wasp=Location
3	sting		a wasp						nom sting «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She must have been bitten instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bitten	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bitten	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 bitten	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 bitten	aux:pass
5	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 bitten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	must · perfect · passive		She				instead property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Wasps never actually sting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 sting	advmod
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 sting	advmod
4	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wasps	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The stinger has already dissolved in her skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stinger	det
2	stinger	stinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dissolved	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dissolved	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 dissolved	advmod
5	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 skin	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 skin	nmod:poss
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dissolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present · perfect · passive		the stinger		her skin			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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