Test 5 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings

Why do wasps often come to picnics in late summer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: wasps · What happens: come · To what, where: picnics

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 come	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
3	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	nsubj
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 picnics	case
7	picnics	picnic	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 summer	case
9	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 summer	amod
10	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · do-support	wasps			picnics	summer	often property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to picnic=Initial_Location

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

They like the colour of the picnic blankets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 colour	det
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 like	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 blankets	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blankets	det
7	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blankets	compound
8	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	They	the colour of the picnic blankets					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot colour=Theme

Option 2

They are hunting for people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hunting	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hunting	aux
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present · progressive	They					for people	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for people=Theme

Option 3

They want to rest in the shade under the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 rest	mark
4	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 shade	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shade	det
7	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rest	obl
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 table	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	They						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	rest not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here			the shade		under the table	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shade=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are attracted to sweet food and drinks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	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 drinks	cc
8	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 food	conj

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

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