--- title: A wasp is bright yellow and black. Why? — The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats… · tree and pragmatics description: A wasp is bright yellow and black. Why? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals A wasp is bright yellow and black. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wasp · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A wasp is bright yellow and black. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:t8:1 # text = A wasp is bright yellow and black. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a wasp | | | | | yellow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | a wasp *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:t8:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It keeps the wasp cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:t8:o1:1 # text = It keeps the wasp cool 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep 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 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | the wasp | | | | cool *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wasp=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It helps it hide in the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:t8:o2:1 # text = It helps it hide in the dark 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | It | it | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **hide** | infinitive | | | | the dark | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dark=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is a warning colour that says «I sting» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:t8:o3:1 # text = It is a warning colour that says «I sting» 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sting sting VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a warning colour | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a warning colour | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sting** *in a quote* | present | a warning colour *= colour* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is camouflage among green leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:t8:o4:1 # text = It is camouflage among green leaves 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 camouflage camouflage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 among among ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | camouflage | | | | among green leaves | tree rules | **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. 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