--- title: What would happen if all the worker bees in a hive stopped fanning t… — Insects: six legs, three parts; ants,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if all the worker bees in a hive stopped fanning the nectar? Test 9 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 righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps/t9/) [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/) / [Insects: six legs, three parts; ants,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps/) / t9 # Test 9 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps What would happen if all the worker bees in a hive stopped fanning the nectar? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** worker bees · **What happens:** happen, stop, fan · **To what, where:** nectar This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t9:1 # text = What would happen if all the worker bees in a hive stopped fanning the nectar? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 worker worker NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hive hive NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 fanning fan VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nectar nectar NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | all worker bees in a hive | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **fan** | gerund | all worker bees in a hive *not said here* | the nectar | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The honey would stay watery and could go mouldy ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t9:o1:1 # text = The honey would stay watery and could go mouldy 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 watery watery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 mouldy mouldy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | the honey | | | | | watery *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | could | the honey *not said here* | | | | | mouldy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would turn into wax ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t9:o2:1 # text = It would turn into wax 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | wax | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wax=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} The queen would have to make all the honey herself instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t9:o3:1 # text = The queen would have to make all the honey herself instead 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ _ 11 instead instead ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | the queen | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | all honey | | | | queen *obl*; instead *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset honey=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would become stronger honey ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:t9:o4:1 # text = It would become stronger honey 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | stronger honey | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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