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# Test 6 · ★ · The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flyin…

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«mum won't mow the lawn, says it's for the bees, she's just lazy» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, lawn · **What happens:** not mow, say, be · **To what, where:** lawn · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t6:1
# text = «mum won't mow the lawn, says it's for the bees, she's just lazy» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	mow	mow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mow** *in a quote* | future | mum | the lawn |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | lawn |  |  |  |  | for the bees | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mum |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *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 {#o1}

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Long grass scares bees away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t6:o1:1
# text = Long grass scares bees away
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | present | Long grass | bees |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bee=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bees eat the grass itself, so long grass is simply more food for them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t6:o2:1
# text = Bees eat the grass itself, so long grass is simply more food for them
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Bees | the grass  grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | long grass | more food |  |  |  | for Bees *= bee*; simply *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bees prefer short grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t6:o3:1
# text = Bees prefer short grass
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | Bees | short grass |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grass=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Longer grass lets clover and daisies flower, which feed bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t6:o4:1
# text = Longer grass lets clover and daisies flower, which feed bees
1	Longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	clover	clover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	daisies	daisy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	flower	flower	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | Longer grass | clover and daisies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flower** | present | clover and daisies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **feed** | present |  |  | bees |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Recipient |

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**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.

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