--- title: Why do you think winter bees live so much longer than summer bees? — Honey and the beekeeper's year · tree and pragmatics description: Why do you think winter bees live so much longer than summer bees? Test 12 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 choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/t12/) [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/) / [Honey and the beekeeper's year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/) / t12 # Test 12 · Honey and the beekeeper's year Why do you think winter bees live so much longer than summer bees? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, winter bees · **What happens:** think, live · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 of lesson 344 «Honey and the beekeeper's year» 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/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:t12:1 # text = Why do you think winter bees live so much longer than summer bees? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **live** | present | winter bees | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} They eat a special winter food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:t12:o1:1 # text = They eat a special winter food 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | They | a special winter food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They do not wear themselves out flying and foraging all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:t12:o2:1 # text = They do not wear themselves out flying and foraging all day 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 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 foraging forage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wear out** | present · do-support | They | themselves *= they* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent themselves=Source | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **forage** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | day | | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are a different kind of insect ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:t12:o3:1 # text = They are a different kind of insect 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 insect insect NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | a different kind | | | | of insect | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They sleep in the ground all winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:t12:o4:1 # text = They sleep in the ground all winter 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | They | | | the ground | winter | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in ground=Location | **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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