--- title: Why might a farmer prefer weaver ants to sprays on some trees? — Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a farmer prefer weaver ants to sprays on some trees? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 304 «Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-jaw ants» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t11/) [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/) / [Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants… Why might a farmer prefer weaver ants to sprays on some trees? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** farmer · **What happens:** prefer · **To what, where:** weaver ants This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 304 «Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-jaw ants» 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/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t11:1 # text = Why might a farmer prefer weaver ants to sprays on some trees? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 prefer prefer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 weaver weaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sprays spray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prefer** | might | a farmer | weaver ants | | | | to sprays on some trees | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ant=Stimulus | 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} Sprays are always illegal ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t11:o1:1 # text = Sprays are always illegal 1 Sprays spray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 illegal illegal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Sprays | | | | | always, illegal *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ants water the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t11:o2:1 # text = Ants water the trees 1 Ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ants make the fruit much sweeter by dripping their honey on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t11:o3:1 # text = Ants make the fruit much sweeter by dripping their honey on it 1 Ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sweeter sweet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Ants | the fruit | | | | sweet *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fruit=Product | | 2 | **drip** | gerund | Ants *not said here* | Ants's honey | | honey | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location honey=Source | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The ants eat pests and leave no chemicals on the fruit ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t11:o4:1 # text = The ants eat pests and leave no chemicals on the fruit 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 pests pest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 chemicals chemical NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | the ants | pests | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | present | the ants *not said here* | no chemicals | | the fruit | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent chemical=Theme on fruit=Location | **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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