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description: Ascertain the purpose for which honey is produced and stored by honeybees. Exam question 3 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey

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Ascertain the purpose for which honey is produced and stored by honeybees.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, produce, store · **To what, where:** purpose, honey

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose for which honey is produced and stored by honeybees.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	honeybees	honeybee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **produce** | present · passive |  | which honey |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **store** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by honeybees | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by honeybee=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is produced solely for human consumption

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e3:o1:1
# text = It is produced solely for human consumption
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for human consumption; solely *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for consumption=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is employed in the repulsion of bears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e3:o2:1
# text = It is employed in the repulsion of bears
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	repulsion	repulsion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | It |  | the repulsion of bears |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **repulse** |  |  | bears |  |  |  |  | nom repulsion «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It constitutes the food of the colony during winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e3:o3:1
# text = It constitutes the food of the colony during winter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | the food of the colony |  |  | winter |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It serves as the material of the comb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:e3:o4:1
# text = It serves as the material of the comb
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | It |  |  |  |  | as the material of the comb | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as material=Attribute |

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