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title: «wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!» What is the best thin… — Bees and wasps in the garden · tree and pragmatics
description: «wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!» What is the best thing to do? Test 6 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Bees and wasps in the garden

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«wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!» What is the best thing to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wasp, best thing · **What happens:** keep, come, piss off, be, do · **To what, where:** lemonade

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t6:1
# text = «wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	piss	piss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | wasp |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | wasp *not said here* |  |  | my lemonade |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at lemonade=Location |
| 3 | **piss off** *in a quote* | infinitive | wasp *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the best thing to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t6:2
# text = What is the best thing to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the best thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Swat at it as hard as you can with a book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t6:o1:1
# text = Swat at it as hard as you can with a book
1	Swat	swat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Stay calm, cover the drink and move away slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t6:o2:1
# text = Stay calm, cover the drink and move away slowly
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cover** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the drink |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drink=Destination |
| 3 | **move away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shout and wave your arms at it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t6:o3:1
# text = Shout and wave your arms at it
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your arms |  | it |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hold the cup up near your face so it cannot get in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t6:o4:1
# text = Hold the cup up near your face so it cannot get in
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cup |  | your face |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cup=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **get in** | can | cup |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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