--- title: What would happen to bees in spring if every dandelion and early flo… — Bees and wasps in the garden · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to bees in spring if every dandelion and early flower were cut down? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 218 «Bees and wasps in the garden» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Bees and wasps in the garden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Bees and wasps in the garden What would happen to bees in spring if every dandelion and early flower were cut down? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, cut down · **To what, where:** dandelion This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 218 «Bees and wasps in the garden» 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/218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t4:1 # text = What would happen to bees in spring if every dandelion and early flower were cut down? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 dandelion dandelion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | spring | to bees | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cut down** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | every dandelion and early flower | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 {#o1} Nothing, because bees never visit early flowers in spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, because bees never visit early flowers in spring 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 visit visit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 7 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **visit** | present | bees | early flowers | | | spring | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They would have much less food when they need it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t4:o2:1 # text = They would have much less food when they need it 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | They | less food | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 2 | **need** | present | they | food | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would eat the grass instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t4:o3:1 # text = They would eat the grass instead 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | They | the grass | | | | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They would make more honey than ever before ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t4:o4:1 # text = They would make more honey than ever before 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 8 before before ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | They | more honey | | | | before *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset honey=Product | **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. 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