--- title: A shield bug looks just like a beetle. What would show it is a true… — Beetles: the biggest group of animals… · tree and pragmatics description: A shield bug looks just like a beetle. What would show it is a true bug? Test 9 · ★★ 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; Mov --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases… A shield bug looks just like a beetle. What would show it is a true bug? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shield bug, bug · **What happens:** look, show, be · **To what, where:** true bug · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A shield bug looks just like a beetle. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t9:1 # text = A shield bug looks just like a beetle. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | a shield bug | | | | | like a beetle | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What would show it is a true bug? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t9:2 # text = What would show it is a true bug? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | bug | a true bug | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Its six legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t9:o1:1 # text = Its six legs 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Its two feelers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t9:o2:1 # text = Its two feelers 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 feelers feeler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Its straw-like mouth for sucking ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t9:o3:1 # text = Its straw-like mouth for sucking 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 2 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sucking suck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suck** | gerund | Its like mouth *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Its hard, shiny back like a shield ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:t9:o4:1 # text = Its hard, shiny back like a shield 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 shiny shiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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