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# Test 6 · ★★ · Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and living bridges

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«saw ants dragging a dead ant out, is that a funeral» What is going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ants, funeral · **What happens:** see, drag out, be · **To what, where:** ants, dead ant · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 238 «Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and living bridges» 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/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:t6:1
# text = «saw ants dragging a dead ant out, is that a funeral» What is going on?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | ants |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drag out** *in a quote* | gerund | ants *not said here* | a dead ant |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ant=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present · progressive | a funeral |  |  |  |  | go *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 {#o1}

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They want to eat it in the nest, where it is safe from birds

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:t6:o1:1
# text = They want to eat it in the nest, where it is safe from birds
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | it |  | the nest |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | nest |  |  |  |  | from birds; safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are taking it to a doctor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:t6:o2:1
# text = They are taking it to a doctor
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · progressive | They | it |  | a doctor |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to doctor=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They take dead nestmates to a rubbish pile to keep germs away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:t6:o3:1
# text = They take dead nestmates to a rubbish pile to keep germs away
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nestmates	nestmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | They | dead nestmates |  | a rubbish pile |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent nestmate=Theme to pile=Destination |
| 2 | **keep away** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | germs |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are burying it with flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:t6:o4:1
# text = They are burying it with flowers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	burying	bury	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present · progressive | They | it |  |  |  | with flowers | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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