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title: A bee from another hive lands at the door carrying nectar. What may… — Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and h… · tree and pragmatics
description: A bee from another hive lands at the door carrying nectar. What may the guards do? Test 10 · ★★ 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 rig
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey

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A bee from another hive lands at the door carrying nectar. What may the guards do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bee, guards · **What happens:** land, carry, do · **To what, where:** door, nectar

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 239 «Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey» 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/239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A bee from another hive lands at the door carrying nectar.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t10:1
# text = A bee from another hive lands at the door carrying nectar.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | a bee from another hive |  |  | the door |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | a bee from another hive *not said here* | nectar |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=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 the guards do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t10:2
# text = What may the guards do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | may | the guards |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Give her all of their honey to take home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t10:o1:1
# text = Give her all of their honey to take home
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | all | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient all=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Sometimes let her in, as if she paid a toll

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t10:o2:1
# text = Sometimes let her in, as if she paid a toll
1	Sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	toll	toll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | past | she | a toll |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toll=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Make her their new queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t10:o3:1
# text = Make her their new queen
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | their new queen | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary queen=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Always kill her at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t10:o4:1
# text = Always kill her at once
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	kill	kill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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