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title: «bees die every time they sting» What is right? — Record-breakers: the most venomous and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «bees die every time they sting» What is right? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

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«bees die every time they sting» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bees · **What happens:** die, sting, be · **To what, where:** time · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t8:1
# text = «bees die every time they sting» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sting	sting	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** *in a quote* | present | bees |  |  |  | time |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** *in a quote* | present | bees *= bee* | every time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus time=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Honeybees die after stinging people, but not after stinging insects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t8:o1:1
# text = Honeybees die after stinging people, but not after stinging insects
1	Honeybees	honeybee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	amod	_	_
11	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | Honeybees | stinging insects |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **sting** | gerund | Honeybees *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **sting** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bees never die from stinging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t8:o2:1
# text = Bees never die from stinging
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only wasps die after stinging; bees can sting people again and again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t8:o3:1
# text = Only wasps die after stinging; bees can sting people again and again
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 3 | **sting** | can | bees | people |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Right, every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t8:o4:1
# text = Right, every time
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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