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title: It is given that bees perceive red poorly. Determine which pollinato… — Flowers and pollination · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that bees perceive red poorly. Determine which pollinator is most probably served by a long red tubular flower. Exam question 4 of lesson 58 «Flowers and pollination» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 4 · Flowers and pollination

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It is given that bees perceive red poorly. Determine which pollinator is most probably served by a long red tubular flower.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bees, you, long red tubular flower · **What happens:** give, perceive, determine, serve · **To what, where:** It, pollinator

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 58 «Flowers and pollination» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/58-flowers-and-pollination/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that bees perceive red poorly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e4:1
# text = It is given that bees perceive red poorly.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	perceive	perceive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **perceive** | present | bees |  |  |  |  | poorly, red *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Determine which pollinator is most probably served by a long red tubular flower.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e4:2
# text = Determine which pollinator is most probably served by a long red tubular flower.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	pollinator	pollinator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	tubular	tubular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **serve** | present · passive | a long red tubular flower | which pollinator |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The wind blowing past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e4:o1:1
# text = The wind blowing past
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	past	past	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow past** | gerund | the wind *not said here* |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A night-flying moth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e4:o2:1
# text = A night-flying moth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A hummingbird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e4:o3:1
# text = A hummingbird
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hummingbird	hummingbird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A small striped honeybee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e4:o4:1
# text = A small striped honeybee
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	striped	striped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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