Test 12 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel

my sister says bees just take nectar and don't help the flowers. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, bees · What happens: say, take, not help · To what, where: nectar, flowers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 of lesson 23 «Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel» of the world 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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	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	6 take	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 take	advmod
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 help	cc
9	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 help	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 help	advmod
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 take	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flowers	det
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 help	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my sister		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	present	bees	nectar	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme
3	not help	infinitive · do-support	bees not said here	the flowers	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Beneficiary

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, bees only take food from flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 bees	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 take	advmod
5	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 flowers	case
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	bees	food		flowers			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent food=Theme from flower=Initial_Location

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

No, they carry pollen from flower to flower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 carry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 carry	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carry	nsubj
4	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 flower	case
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 flower	case
9	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	they	pollen		flower		to flower	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme from flower=Initial_Location to flower=Destination

Option 3

Yes, bees harm the flowers they visit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 harm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harm	nsubj
4	harm	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flowers	det
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harm	obj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 visit	nsubj
8	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 flowers	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	present	bees	the flowers					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flower=Experiencer
2	visit	present	bees = bee	the flowers not said here					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent

Option 4

No, bees help by eating the pests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 bees	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	nsubj
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 eating	mark
6	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 help	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pests	det
8	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	bees						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	eat	gerund	bees not said here	the pests					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=Patient

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