---
title: «that's a wasp, swat it!» — but it hovers still in the air with one… — Who eats whom: predators, prey, scaven… · tree and pragmatics
description: «that's a wasp, swat it!» — but it hovers still in the air with one pair of wings. What is it? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/t6/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Who eats whom: predators, prey, scaven…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/) / t6

# Test 6 · ★★ · Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«that's a wasp, swat it!» — but it hovers still in the air with one pair of wings. What is it?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, wasp · **What happens:** be, swat, hover · **To what, where:** wasp, air · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers» 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/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/#t6).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* «that's a wasp, swat it!» — but it hovers still in the air with one pair of wings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t6:1
# text = «that's a wasp, swat it!» — but it hovers still in the air with one pair of wings.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	swat	swat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	hovers	hover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a wasp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **swat** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | wasp |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **hover** | present | wasp |  |  | the air | still | with one pair of wings | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t6:2
# text = What is it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | wasp |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A baby bee that has not grown up yet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t6:o1:1
# text = A baby bee that has not grown up yet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow up** | present · perfect | a baby bee |  |  |  | yet |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Probably a harmless hoverfly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t6:o2:1
# text = Probably a harmless hoverfly
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hoverfly	hoverfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bumblebee in disguise, waiting to sting you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t6:o3:1
# text = A bumblebee in disguise, waiting to sting you
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bumblebee	bumblebee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sting** | to-infinitive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wasp that has lost its sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t6:o4:1
# text = A wasp that has lost its sting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | a wasp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sting** |  | wasp |  |  |  |  |  | nom sting «state transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Who eats whom: predators, prey, scaven…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/t5/)
- next →: [Who eats whom: predators, prey, scaven…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/t7/)
- ↑ back to [Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/)