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title: Identify the principal function of the honeybee's waggle dance. — Insects: six legs, three parts; ants,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of the honeybee's waggle dance. Exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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.
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# Exam question 2 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

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Identify the principal function of the honeybee's waggle dance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, honeybee · **What happens:** identify, dance · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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/36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function of the honeybee's waggle dance.
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	waggle	waggle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 function of the honeybee's waggle dance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **dance** |  | the honeybee |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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To expel drones from the hive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e2:o1:1
# text = To expel drones from the hive
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	expel	expel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	drones	drone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | to-infinitive |  | drones |  | the hive |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent drone=Theme from hive=Source |

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

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To communicate the direction and distance of a food source

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e2:o2:1
# text = To communicate the direction and distance of a food source
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | to-infinitive |  | the direction and distance of a food source |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To summon the colony to sleep at dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e2:o3:1
# text = To summon the colony to sleep at dusk
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summon	summon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | to-infinitive |  | the colony |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colony=Recipient |
| 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | dusk |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To warm the brood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e2:o4:1
# text = To warm the brood
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warm	warm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brood	brood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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