---
title: Why would ants from many nests all fly at the same time? — The garden in summer: flowers, aphids,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would ants from many nests all fly at the same time? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 334 «The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flying ant day» 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/t5/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [The garden in summer: flowers, aphids,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/) / t5

# Test 5 · ★ · The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flyin…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why would ants from many nests all fly at the same time?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ants · **What happens:** fly

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 334 «The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flying ant day» 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/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t5:1
# text = Why would ants from many nests all fly at the same time?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | would | ants from many nests |  |  |  | time |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because one ant tells all the others by phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t5:o1:1
# text = Because one ant tells all the others by phone
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | one ant | all others |  |  |  | by phone | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the nests are flooded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t5:o2:1
# text = Because the nests are flooded
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	flooded	flood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | present · passive |  | the nests |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because they are chasing swifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t5:o3:1
# text = Because they are chasing swifts
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	swifts	swift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present · progressive | they | swifts |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swift=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So young queens and males from different nests can meet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t5:o4:1
# text = So young queens and males from different nests can meet
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | can | young queens and males from different nests |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The garden in summer: flowers, aphids,…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/t4/)
- next →: [The garden in summer: flowers, aphids,…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/t6/)
- ↑ back to [The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flying ant day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/)