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title: Why are wasp nest cells six-sided? — Insects: six legs, three parts; ants,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are wasp nest cells six-sided? Test 10 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 right.
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# Test 10 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

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Why are wasp nest cells six-sided?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, side · **To what, where:** wasp nest cells

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This is test 10 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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/36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t10:1
# text = Why are wasp nest cells six-sided?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	sided	side	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | wasp nest cells |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **side** | participle · passive |  | wasp nest cells |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

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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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Round cells are much too hard for wasps to make with their jaws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t10:o1:1
# text = Round cells are much too hard for wasps to make with their jaws
1	Round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Round cells |  |  |  |  | for wasps; hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with cells's jaws | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Six-sided cells fit with no gaps and use the least material

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t10:o2:1
# text = Six-sided cells fit with no gaps and use the least material
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	sided	sided	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | sided cells |  |  |  |  | with no gaps | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | present | sided cells *not said here* | the least material |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wasps have six legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t10:o3:1
# text = Wasps have six legs
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Wasps | six legs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They copy them from snowflakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t10:o4:1
# text = They copy them from snowflakes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copy	copy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	snowflakes	snowflake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | They | them *= they* |  | snowflakes |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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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