--- title: bee buzzing round my head, gonna swat it — Safe and kind in gardens and forests · tree and pragmatics description: bee buzzing round my head, gonna swat it Test 13 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/t13/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Safe and kind in gardens and forests](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests bee buzzing round my head, gonna swat it **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bee · **What happens:** buzz, swat · **To what, where:** head This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» of the everyday 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/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t13:1 # text = bee buzzing round my head, gonna swat it 1 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 buzzing buzz VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 round round ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 swat swat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buzz** | gerund | bee *not said here* | | | | | round my head | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **swat** | infinitive | bee | head | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} Wave your arms about really fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t13:o1:1 # text = Wave your arms about really fast 1 Wave wave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | imperative | you *not said here* | your arms | | | | about, fast *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, swat it quick before it gets the chance to sting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, swat it quick before it gets the chance to sting 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 swat swat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 quick quick ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swat** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | quick *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **get** | present | it | the chance | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus | | 3 | **sting** | to-infinitive | | the chance *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, move away slowly, it stings if threatened ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t13:o3:1 # text = No, move away slowly, it stings if threatened 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stings sting VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 threatened threaten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away, slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sting** | present | it | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **threaten** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shout at it really loud so it gets scared n goes away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t13:o4:1 # text = Shout at it really loud so it gets scared n goes away 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 loud loud ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 9 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 n n NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | it | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | present | it | | | | | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **go away** | present | n | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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