--- title: «bee's doing a weird wiggly dance on the comb lol» What is it doing? — Bees and wasps in the garden · tree and pragmatics description: «bee's doing a weird wiggly dance on the comb lol» What is it doing? Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Bees and wasps in the garden «bee's doing a weird wiggly dance on the comb lol» What is it doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bee · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** weird wiggly dance, comb This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t9:1 # text = «bee's doing a weird wiggly dance on the comb lol» What is it doing? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 wiggly wiggly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 lol lol INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | bee | a weird wiggly dance | | the comb | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present · progressive | bee | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Telling the others where the flowers are ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t9:o1:1 # text = Telling the others where the flowers are 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the others | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | the flowers | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Warming up before it goes to sleep for the night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t9:o2:1 # text = Warming up before it goes to sleep for the night 1 Warming warm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warm up** | gerund | | | | | before it | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **go** | present | Warming | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Warming *not said here* | | | | night | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Trying to scare the queen out of the hive ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t9:o3:1 # text = Trying to scare the queen out of the hive 1 Trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 scare scare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hive hive NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **scare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the queen | | the hive | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus queen=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Getting rid of fleas ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden:t9:o4:1 # text = Getting rid of fleas 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fleas flea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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