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title: Mate says that stripy thing on the flower is a wasp, run! It hovers… — How animals hide: camouflage and mimicry · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate says that stripy thing on the flower is a wasp, run! It hovers dead still and has one pair of wings. What is it? Test 2 of lesson 51 «How animals hide: camouflage and mimicry» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 2 · How animals hide: camouflage and mimicry

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Mate says that stripy thing on the flower is a wasp, run! It hovers dead still and has one pair of wings. What is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, stripy thing, thing · **What happens:** say, be, run, hover, have · **To what, where:** wasp, one pair · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 51 «How animals hide: camouflage and mimicry» 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/51-how-animals-hide/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate says that stripy thing on the flower is a wasp, run!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:51-how-animals-hide:t2:1
# text = Mate says that stripy thing on the flower is a wasp, run!
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
4	stripy	stripy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | stripy thing on the flower | a wasp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **run** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* It hovers dead still and has one pair of wings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:51-how-animals-hide:t2:2
# text = It hovers dead still and has one pair of wings.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hovers	hover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hover** | present | thing |  |  |  | still | dead *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | thing *not said here* | one pair of wings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:51-how-animals-hide:t2:3
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A bumblebee that has lost all of its fur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:51-how-animals-hide:t2:o1:1
# text = A bumblebee that has lost all of its fur
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bumblebee	bumblebee	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	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | a bumblebee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wasp with two of its wings tucked away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:51-how-animals-hide:t2:o2:1
# text = A wasp with two of its wings tucked away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck away** | participle |  | wasp's wings *not said here* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A baby wasp that has not grown its sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:51-how-animals-hide:t2:o3:1
# text = A baby wasp that has not grown its sting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wasp	wasp	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	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow** | present · perfect | a baby wasp | wasp's sting |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sting=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** |  | wasp |  |  |  |  |  | nom sting «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A harmless hoverfly copying a wasp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:51-how-animals-hide:t2:o4:1
# text = A harmless hoverfly copying a wasp
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hoverfly	hoverfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | gerund | a harmless hoverfly *not said here* | a wasp |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wasp=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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