Test 2 · Insects and spiders A bee lands on a flower and then flies back to the hive. Soon many bees fly to that flower. How did they find it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bee, many bees, they · What happens: land, fly back, fly, find · To what, where: flower, bee
This is test 2 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 Sentence 1: A bee lands on a flower and then flies back to the hive.
det nsubj case det obl cc advmod conj advmod case det obl punct root A DET bee NOUN lands VERB on ADP a DET flower NOUN and CCONJ then ADV flies VERB back ADV to ADP the DET hive NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bee det 2 bee bee NOUN Number=Sing 3 lands nsubj 3 lands land VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 flower case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 flower det 6 flower flower NOUN Number=Sing 3 lands obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 flies cc 8 then then ADV PronType=Dem 9 flies advmod 9 flies fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 lands conj 10 back back ADV _ 9 flies advmod 11 to to ADP _ 13 hive case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 hive det 13 hive hive NOUN Number=Sing 9 flies obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 lands punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 land present a bee a flower vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on flower=Destination 2 fly back present a bee not said here then to the hive result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme 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.
Sentence 2: Soon many bees fly to that flower.
advmod amod nsubj case det obl punct root Soon ADV many ADJ bees NOUN fly VERB to ADP that DET flower NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Soon soon ADV Degree=Pos 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 bees amod 3 bees bee NOUN Number=Plur 4 fly nsubj 4 fly fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to ADP _ 7 flower case 6 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 flower det 7 flower flower NOUN Number=Sing 4 fly obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 fly punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fly present many bees to that flower result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to flower=Result
Sentence 3: How did they find it?
advmod aux nsubj obj punct root How ADV did AUX they PRON find VERB it PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 4 find advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 find aux 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 find nsubj 4 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 find obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 find punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find past · do-support they bee vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice They saw it from inside the hive
nsubj obj case case det obl root They PRON saw VERB it PRON from ADP inside ADP the DET hive NOUN 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 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 saw obj 4 from from ADP _ 7 hive case 5 inside inside ADP _ 7 hive case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 hive det 7 hive hive NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past They it the hive vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The first bee danced to show them the way
det amod nsubj mark xcomp obj det obj root The DET first ADJ bee NOUN danced VERB to PART show VERB them PRON the DET way NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 bee det 2 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 bee amod 3 bee bee NOUN Number=Sing 4 danced nsubj 4 danced dance VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 show mark 6 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 danced xcomp 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 show obj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 way det 9 way way NOUN Number=Sing 6 show obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 dance past the first bee tree rules 2 show to-infinitive the first bee not said here them = they vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient way=Topic
Option 3 The queen guessed where it was and sent them there
det nsubj advmod nsubj cop cc advcl obj advmod root The DET queen NOUN guessed VERB where ADV it PRON was AUX and CCONJ sent VERB them PRON there ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 queen det 2 queen queen NOUN Number=Sing 3 guessed nsubj 3 guessed guess VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 where where ADV PronType=Rel 8 sent advmod 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 sent nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 sent cop 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 sent cc 8 sent send VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 guessed advcl 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 sent obj 10 there there ADV PronType=Dem 8 sent advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 guess past the queen vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past it there send property tree rules
Option 4 They followed the smell of the hive
nsubj det obj case det nmod root They PRON followed VERB the DET smell NOUN of ADP the DET hive NOUN 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 followed nsubj 2 followed follow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 smell det 4 smell smell NOUN Number=Sing 2 followed obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 hive case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 hive det 7 hive hive NOUN Number=Sing 4 smell nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 follow past They the smell of the hive vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Theme 2 smell the hive nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
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