--- title: Why might beetles be so successful? — Beetles: the biggest group of animals… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might beetles be so successful? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 306 «Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases and six legs» 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/306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs/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/) / [Beetles: the biggest group of animals…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases… Why might beetles be so successful? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** beetles · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 306 «Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases and six legs» 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/306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t8:1 # text = Why might beetles be so successful? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might | beetles | | | | | successful *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They never have any enemies ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t8:o1:1 # text = They never have any enemies 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | present | They | any enemies | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They live for hundreds of years and lay millions of eggs each year ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t8:o2:1 # text = They live for hundreds of years and lay millions of eggs each year 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | They | | | | | for hundreds of years | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | past | They *not said here* | millions of eggs | | | year | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location million=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Hard wing cases protect them so they can live almost anywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t8:o3:1 # text = Hard wing cases protect them so they can live almost anywhere 1 Hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 protect protect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 almost almost ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present | Hard wing cases | them *= they* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 2 | **live** | can | cases *= case* | | | | | anywhere *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are the only animals with legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t8:o4:1 # text = They are the only animals with legs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | the only animals | | | | with legs | 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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