Bees and wasps in the garden
Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 218 of the biology course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · right ✓
«there's 5 bees on the lavender, how many legs is that»
- 1. 30 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 25 — no support
- 3. 20 — no support
- 4. 40 — no support
Why: It could not read the question into a frame, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon film a male bee goes out every day to collect nectar and make honey. What is true?
- 1. Real worker bees that collect nectar are all females — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Real bees have no males at all — score 5
- 3. Real male bees do all of the work in the hive — no support
- 4. Real male bees grow up to become the queens — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 218, line 6: «Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers; nectar is turned into honey and pollen feeds the young bees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «collect» (+3); the same thing acted on «nectar» (+3); the same doer «bees» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
«my brother says all bees die if they sting u, so they never sting» What is right?
- 1. No bee has a sting at all, they only bite — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Only a honeybee worker usually dies; bumblebees can sting again — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Only bumblebees die after stinging; honeybees can sting again and again — score 5
- 4. All bees die after one sting — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 149, line 9: «Bees can sting the soft skin inside the trunk and round the eyes, and in Kenya beehive fences keep elephants out of fields while giving honey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sting» (+3); the same doer «bees» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen to bees in spring if every dandelion and early flower were cut down?
- 1. Nothing, because bees never visit early flowers in spring — score 1
- 2. They would have much less food when they need it — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. They would eat the grass instead — no support
- 4. They would make more honey than ever before — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 13: «Bees make honey from nectar by passing it between workers and fanning it until most of the water is gone; one worker makes only about a twelfth of a teaspoon i…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «honey» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
«there's a jar of honey at the back of the cupboard from like 5 yrs ago, is it gone off??» What is most likely?
- 1. It has turned into wax — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is probably still good, because germs cannot grow in honey — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It has turned into vinegar, because all sweet things go sour in the end — no support
- 4. It is poisonous after one year, so throw it away — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
«wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!» What is the best thing to do?
- 1. Swat at it as hard as you can with a book — no support
- 2. Stay calm, cover the drink and move away slowly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Shout and wave your arms at it — no support
- 4. Hold the cup up near your face so it cannot get in — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 218, line 16: «If a wasp comes to your drink, stay calm, cover the drink and move away slowly, because swatting and waving can make it sting.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cover» (+3); the same thing acted on «drink» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Count them: 3 bumblebees and 2 wasps sit on a fence. How many wings altogether?
- 1. 20 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 30 — no support
- 3. 12 — no support
- 4. 10 — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
A tiny bee goes into a hole in a garden wall and never meets any other bee. What kind is it most likely?
- 1. A queen honeybee in hiding — no support
- 2. A honeybee that got lost — no support
- 3. A solitary bee laying its eggs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. A bee that is too ill to fly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 218, line 12: «Most kinds of bee live alone; a solitary bee lays its eggs in a hole in a wall, a hollow stem or a tunnel in the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lay» (+3); the same thing acted on «eggs» (+3); the same doer «solitary bee» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
«bee's doing a weird wiggly dance on the comb lol» What is it doing?
- 1. Telling the others where the flowers are — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Warming up before it goes to sleep for the night — no support
- 3. Trying to scare the queen out of the hive — no support
- 4. Getting rid of fleas — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if a farmer sprayed a field of flowers with a strong bug poison?
- 1. Bees would make more honey — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Bees visiting the flowers could get ill and die — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nothing, because bug poison only hurts the bugs that eat crops — score 1
- 4. Bees would grow bigger stings to fight back — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 188, line 13: «Pufferfish, called fugu in Japan, have poison in the liver and other organs, so only trained chefs may prepare them, and one fish can hold enough to kill about…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «prepare» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
A beekeeper opens a hive in a suit and puffs smoke. Why does she not get stung all over?
- 1. Bees only sting at night when it is dark — no support
- 2. The smoke hides the alarm smell and the suit protects her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Bees cannot see people dressed in white — no support
- 4. The smoke makes the bees go blind for an hour, so they cannot find her — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 218, line 10: «Beekeepers wear a suit and veil and puff smoke at the hive; smoke hides the bees' alarm smell and makes them eat honey, so they stay calm.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «smoke» (+2); the same thing acted on «alarm smell» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal function of the waggle dance performed by the honeybee within the hive.
- 1. The removal of parasites from the body of the dancer by vigorous motion — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The generation of heat during the winter months — no support
- 3. The communication of the direction and distance of a source of food — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The selection of a new queen from among the workers — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequence of stinging for the honeybee worker?
- 1. The insect is subsequently expelled from the colony by the queen as a punishment — no support
- 2. The barbed sting remains lodged in the skin and the insect usually perishes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. The insect invariably survives and stings repeatedly thereafter — no support
- 4. The sting is regrown within a period of one day — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 154, line 16: «Only honeybee workers usually die after stinging a person, because their barbed sting stays stuck; bumblebees and wasps can sting again and again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+5); the same property (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the domestic arrangements of the majority of bee species.
- 1. The majority live alone and lay eggs in holes and tunnels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The majority construct suspended nests of paper — no support
- 3. The majority live in large colonies governed by a single queen — no support
- 4. The majority inhabit wooden hives provided by beekeepers — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the reason for which honey remains fit for consumption for an exceptionally long period.
- 1. It is preserved by salt added by the worker bees — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It contains a poison which is fatal to all insects and to every microorganism — no support
- 3. It is protected by a layer of wax throughout the entire period of its use — no support
- 4. Its high sugar content and low moisture prevent the growth of microorganisms — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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