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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the death of a honeybee subsequent to stinging a human being? Exam question 2 of lesson 239 «Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 2 · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the death of a honeybee subsequent to stinging a human being?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** honeybee subsequent · **What happens:** follow, characteris, sting, be, die · **To what, where:** death

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 239 «Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the death of a honeybee subsequent to stinging a human being?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	being	be	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the death of a honeybee subsequent |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sting** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **be** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **die** |  | a honeybee subsequent |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bee dies of fright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e2:o1:1
# text = The bee dies of fright
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | the bee |  |  |  |  | of fright | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of fright=Causer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bee is incapable of withdrawing its legs from the skin of the person stung

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e2:o2:1
# text = The bee is incapable of withdrawing its legs from the skin of the person stung
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	withdrawing	withdraw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	stung	sting	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bee |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **withdraw** | gerund | the bee *not said here* | bee's legs |  | the skin of the person |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme from skin=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **sting** | participle |  | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The venom of the bee is fatal to the bee itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e2:o3:1
# text = The venom of the bee is fatal to the bee itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The barbed sting becomes lodged in the skin and is torn from the bee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e2:o4:1
# text = The barbed sting becomes lodged in the skin and is torn from the bee
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	barbed	barbed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lodged	lodge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lodge** | present · passive |  | the barbed sting |  | the skin |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in skin=Location |
| 2 | **tear** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | from the bee | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: from bee=Trajectory |

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