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title: It is given that a honeybee stings a human being. Determine the cons… — Insects: six legs, three parts; ants,… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a honeybee stings a human being. Determine the consequence for the bee. Exam question 4 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; Mov
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# Exam question 4 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

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It is given that a honeybee stings a human being. Determine the consequence for the bee.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** honeybee, you · **What happens:** give, sting, determine · **To what, where:** It, human, consequence

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a honeybee stings a human being.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e4:1
# text = It is given that a honeybee stings a human being.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** | present | a honeybee | a human |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus human=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the consequence for the bee.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e4:2
# text = Determine the consequence for the bee.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  | for the bee | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The bee is unharmed and may sting again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e4:o1:1
# text = The bee is unharmed and may sting again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bee |  |  |  |  | unharmed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sting** | may | the bee *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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The barbed sting remains lodged and the bee dies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e4:o2:1
# text = The barbed sting remains lodged and the bee dies
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	barbed	barbed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lodged	lodge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lodge** | past | the barbed sting remains |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | present | the bee |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bee becomes a queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e4:o3:1
# text = The bee becomes a queen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the bee | a queen |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bee loses its wings only and must walk back to the hive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e4:o4:1
# text = The bee loses its wings only and must walk back to the hive
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | the bee | bee's wings |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **walk back** | must | the bee *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the hive *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hive=Result |

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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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