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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of honeybees during winter? Exam question 3 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 3 · Honey and the beekeeper's year

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of honeybees during winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, honeybees

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of honeybees during winter?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	honeybees	honeybee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the conduct of honeybees |  |  | winter | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | honeybees |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They perish entirely and are replaced in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e3:o1:1
# text = They perish entirely and are replaced in spring
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perish	perish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | present | They |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **replace** | present · passive | They *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme» |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They do not hibernate but cluster together and generate heat by shivering the flight muscles

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e3:o2:1
# text = They do not hibernate but cluster together and generate heat by shivering the flight muscles
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cluster	cluster	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	generate	generate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	shivering	shiver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hibernate** | present · do-support | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **cluster** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **generate** | present | They *not said here* | heat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
| 4 | **shiver** | gerund | They *not said here* | the flight muscles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They migrate to warmer regions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e3:o3:1
# text = They migrate to warmer regions
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	migrate	migrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **migrate** | present | They |  |  |  |  | to warmer regions | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They hibernate individually beneath the soil until the temperature rises again in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e3:o4:1
# text = They hibernate individually beneath the soil until the temperature rises again in spring
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	individually	individually	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hibernate** | present | They |  |  |  |  | beneath the soil; individually *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **rise** | present | the temperature |  |  |  | again; spring |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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