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# Test 4 · ★ · Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants…

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«bro there's one ant boss at the front telling the rest where to go» Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** front, one ant boss · **What happens:** tell, go, be · **To what, where:** rest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t4:1
# text = «bro there's one ant boss at the front telling the rest where to go» Is that right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	nsubj	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | the front *not said here* | the rest |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Recipient |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the front *not said here* | the rest *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | one ant boss at the front |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, each ant follows a scent trail, there is no leader in front

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t4:o1:1
# text = No, each ant follows a scent trail, there is no leader in front
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | each ant | a scent trail |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | no leader | a scent trail *not said here* |  | there |  | in front | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot trail=Theme in front=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, the queen always walks at the front and leads every line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, the queen always walks at the front and leads every line
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	walks	walk	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	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | the queen |  |  | the front |  | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at front=Trajectory |
| 2 | **lead** | present | the queen *not said here* | every line |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the ants follow the sun only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t4:o3:1
# text = No, the ants follow the sun only
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | the ants | the sun |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the biggest ant always leads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, the biggest ant always leads
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | the biggest ant |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

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