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description: «we got 2 bees, 1 flower, first bee leaves, second bee won't land. weird?» What may be going on? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 231 «Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 10 · ★ · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…

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«we got 2 bees, 1 flower, first bee leaves, second bee won't land. weird?» What may be going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, second bee · **What happens:** get, not land, go on · **To what, where:** 2 bees, weird

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 231 «Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees» 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/231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «we got 2 bees, 1 flower, first bee leaves, second bee won't land. weird?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t10:1
# text = «we got 2 bees, 1 flower, first bee leaves, second bee won't land. weird?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
11	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
20	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | we | 2 bees and 1 flower and bee leaves |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bee=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **land** *in a quote* | future | second bee | weird |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent weird=Theme |

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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 may be going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t10:2
# text = What may be going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | may · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The first bee locked the flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t10:o1:1
# text = The first bee locked the flower
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | the first bee | the flower |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |

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

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The flower's charge changed after the first visit, so it may be empty

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t10:o2:1
# text = The flower's charge changed after the first visit, so it may be empty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | the flower's charge |  |  |  | after the first visit |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | may | charge |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **charge** |  | the flower |  |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bees only land on flowers nobody has touched for a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t10:o3:1
# text = Bees only land on flowers nobody has touched for a year
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | Bees |  |  | flowers | year |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on flower=Destination |
| 2 | **touch** | present · perfect | nobody | flowers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flower=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The second bee is scared of yellow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t10:o4:1
# text = The second bee is scared of yellow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the second bee |  |  |  |  | of yellow; scared *property* | tree rules |

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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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