Test 11 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

my bro says bees die after they sting, wasps too?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, bees · What happens: say, die, sting · To what, where: wasps · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 die	nsubj
5	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 sting	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sting	nsubj
8	sting	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 die	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wasps	punct
10	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sting	obl
11	too	too	ADV	_	8 sting	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my bro		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	present	bees		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	sting	present	bees = bee	wasps	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, all stinging insects die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 insects	det
4	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 insects	amod
5	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 die	nsubj
6	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	die	present	all stinging insects						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

Honeybees usually do, wasps can sting again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Honeybees	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sting	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 do	advmod
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Honeybees	acl:relcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wasps	punct
5	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Honeybees	conj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sting	aux
7	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 sting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Honeybees and wasps not said here					usually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sting	can	Honeybees and wasps				again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

No, only wasps die after stinging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 die	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 wasps	advmod
4	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 die	nsubj
5	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 stinging	mark
7	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 die	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	wasps						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	sting	gerund	wasps not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

No, no insect ever dies from stinging, that's just a myth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 dies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dies	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 insect	det
4	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dies	nsubj
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 dies	advmod
6	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 stinging	mark
8	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 dies	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 myth	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 myth	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 myth	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 myth	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 myth	det
14	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dies	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	die	present	no insect		ever	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	sting	gerund	no insect not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	that	a myth		tree rules

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