Test 11 · Insects and spiders

why do bees wiggle about when they get back to the hive

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bees · What happens: wiggle, get back

This is test 11 of lesson 72 «Insects and spiders» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 wiggle	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wiggle	aux
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wiggle	nsubj
4	wiggle	wiggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 get	mark
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wiggle	advcl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 hive	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hive	det
12	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wiggle	present · do-support	bees						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get back	present	bees = bee					to the hive result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to hive=Result

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 are dancing to wake up the queen

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 dancing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dancing	aux
3	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wake	mark
5	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dancing	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 wake	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	present · progressive	They						tree rules
2	wake up	to-infinitive	They not said here	the queen					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent queen=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They are shaking the pollen off their legs

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 shaking	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shaking	aux
3	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pollen	det
5	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shaking	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 legs	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 legs	nmod:poss
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	present · progressive	They	the pollen		their legs			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme off leg=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They do a waggle dance to show the others where flowers are

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 do	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dance	det
4	waggle	waggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dance	compound
5	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 do	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 others	det
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 show	obj
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 others	nmod
11	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 where	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	They	a waggle dance		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality
2	show	to-infinitive	They not said here	the others		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient
3	is	present	flowers		where property	tree rules

Option 4

They are warming up after a long cold flight

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 warming	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 warming	aux
3	warming	warm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 warming	compound:prt
5	after	after	ADP	_	9 flight	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 flight	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 flight	amod
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 flight	amod
9	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm up	present · progressive	They				after a long cold flight		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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