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title: «no bees, so what, I don't even like honey» Why would losing bees ma… — Endangered animals and extinction · tree and pragmatics
description: «no bees, so what, I don't even like honey» Why would losing bees matter? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction

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«no bees, so what, I don't even like honey» Why would losing bees matter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, bees · **What happens:** not like, lose, matter · **To what, where:** honey

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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/77-endangered-animals-and-extinction/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t8:1
# text = «no bees, so what, I don't even like honey» Why would losing bees matter?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
13	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
15	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
18	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | honey |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot honey=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | would | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **matter** | infinitive | bees |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bees are pests that eat fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t8:o1:1
# text = Bees are pests that eat fruit
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	pests	pest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bees | pests |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | pests | fruit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |

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

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Many food crops benefit from pollinating animals like bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t8:o2:1
# text = Many food crops benefit from pollinating animals like bees
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	benefit	benefit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	pollinating	pollinate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **benefit** | present | Many food crops |  |  |  |  | from pollinating animals like bees | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Beneficiary from animal=Causer |
| 2 | **pollinate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Losing bees would make more flowers grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t8:o3:1
# text = Losing bees would make more flowers grow
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  | bees |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | would | Losing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | present | more flowers |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Bees only make honey and do nothing else that is useful to anybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t8:o4:1
# text = Bees only make honey and do nothing else that is useful to anybody
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Bees | honey |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Product |
| 2 | **do** | present | Bees *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to anybody; useful *property* | tree rules |

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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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