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title: Identify the principal reason for which smoke is employed by the bee… — Honey and the beekeeper's year · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which smoke is employed by the beekeeper at the entrance of the hive. Exam question 1 of lesson 344 «Honey and the beekeeper's year» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 1 · Honey and the beekeeper's year

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Identify the principal reason for which smoke is employed by the beekeeper at the entrance of the hive.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, beekeeper · **What happens:** identify, employ · **To what, where:** principal reason, smoke, entrance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 344 «Honey and the beekeeper's year» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which smoke is employed by the beekeeper at the entrance of the hive.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	beekeeper	beekeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | present · passive | the beekeeper | smoke |  | the entrance of the hive |  | for the principal reason | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for which=Eventuality |

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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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It renders the bees permanently unconscious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e1:o1:1
# text = It renders the bees permanently unconscious
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	unconscious	unconscious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | the bees |  |  |  | unconscious *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It warms the brood during inspection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e1:o2:1
# text = It warms the brood during inspection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brood	brood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | present | It | the brood |  |  | during inspection |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brood=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It conceals the alarm odour of the guard bees, whereupon the bees consume honey and become calmer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e1:o3:1
# text = It conceals the alarm odour of the guard bees, whereupon the bees consume honey and become calmer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conceals	conceal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	odour	odour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	consume	consume	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
18	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | present | It | the alarm odour of the guard bees |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent odour=Patient |
| 2 | **consume** | present | the bees | honey |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Asset |
| 3 | **become** | infinitive | the bees *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It removes the stings of the bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e1:o4:1
# text = It removes the stings of the bees
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stings	sting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | It | the stings of the bees |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** |  |  | the bees |  |  |  |  | nom sting «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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