--- title: Which animal kills the most people each year? — Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which animal kills the most people each year? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/t6/) [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: butterflies, beetles, flies,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop… Which animal kills the most people each year? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animal · **What happens:** kill · **To what, where:** most people This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t6:1 # text = Which animal kills the most people each year? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | which animal | the most people | | | year | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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} The lion ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t6:o1:1 # text = The lion 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The crocodile, because it hides in rivers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t6:o2:1 # text = The crocodile, because it hides in rivers 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | crocodile | the crocodile *not said here* | | rivers | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent crocodile=Patient in river=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The mosquito, because some carry malaria ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t6:o3:1 # text = The mosquito, because some carry malaria 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mosquito mosquito NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 6 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 malaria malaria NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | some | malaria | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent malaria=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The shark ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t6:o4:1 # text = The shark 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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