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title: What would happen to tomato flowers in a greenhouse with no bumblebe… — Bees beyond the hive: bumblebees, soli… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to tomato flowers in a greenhouse with no bumblebees or other buzzing help? Test 9 of lesson 305 «Bees beyond the hive: bumblebees, solitary bees, carpenter bees and stingless bees» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 9 · Bees beyond the hive: bumblebees, solitary bees, carpenter…

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What would happen to tomato flowers in a greenhouse with no bumblebees or other buzzing help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen · **To what, where:** greenhouse

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This is test 9 of lesson 305 «Bees beyond the hive: bumblebees, solitary bees, carpenter bees and stingless bees» 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/305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees:t9:1
# text = What would happen to tomato flowers in a greenhouse with no bumblebees or other buzzing help?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tomato	tomato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	greenhouse	greenhouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	bumblebees	bumblebee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | a greenhouse with no bumblebees or other buzzing help |  | to tomato flowers | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in greenhouse=Location |

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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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Nothing at all would change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees:t9:o1:1
# text = Nothing at all would change
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The tomatoes would grow even bigger without bees bothering them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees:t9:o2:1
# text = The tomatoes would grow even bigger without bees bothering them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	bothering	bother	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | the tomatoes |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bother** | gerund | bees *not said here* | tomatoes *= tomato* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Much of the pollen would stay locked inside the flower tubes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees:t9:o3:1
# text = Much of the pollen would stay locked inside the flower tubes
1	Much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tubes	tube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | Much of the pollen |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lock** | participle | Much of the pollen *not said here* |  |  | the flower tubes |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The flowers would buzz by themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees:t9:o4:1
# text = The flowers would buzz by themselves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	buzz	buzz	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | would | the flowers |  |  |  |  | by flowers *= flower* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location |

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