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title: «bee stung me and the sting's still in, gross» What should he do? — Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and h… · tree and pragmatics
description: «bee stung me and the sting's still in, gross» What should he do? Test 4 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey

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«bee stung me and the sting's still in, gross» What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bee, sting · **What happens:** sting, do · **To what, where:** me

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t4:1
# text = «bee stung me and the sting's still in, gross» What should he do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
15	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** *in a quote* | past | bee | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | should | sting |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Leave it, it will fly away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t4:o1:1
# text = Leave it, it will fly away
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **fly away** | future | it |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Scrape it out quickly, as it keeps pumping venom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t4:o2:1
# text = Scrape it out quickly, as it keeps pumping venom
1	Scrape	scrape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	pumping	pump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrape out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pump** | gerund |  | venom |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent venom=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Squeeze it hard between two fingers for a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t4:o3:1
# text = Squeeze it hard between two fingers for a minute
1	Squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | two fingers | minute | hard *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme between finger=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Push it in deeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey:t4:o4:1
# text = Push it in deeper
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | deeper |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in deep=Trajectory |

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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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