--- title: Oliver in Kent sees a bee land on his arm. What is the wisest move? — Bees, wasps and stings · tree and pragmatics description: Oliver in Kent sees a bee land on his arm. What is the wisest move? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/t1/) [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/) / [Bees, wasps and stings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings Oliver in Kent sees a bee land on his arm. What is the wisest move? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oliver, wisest move · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** bee land, arm This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» 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/24-bees-and-wasps/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Oliver in Kent sees a bee land on his arm. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t1:1 # text = Oliver in Kent sees a bee land on his arm. 1 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Kent Kent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Oliver in Kent | a bee land | | Oliver's arm | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the wisest move? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t1:2 # text = What is the wisest move? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the wisest move | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Blow hard on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t1:o1:1 # text = Blow hard on it 1 Blow blow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | it | | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Keep still and calm and let it fly off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t1:o2:1 # text = Keep still and calm and let it fly off 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 calm calm VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **calm** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fly off** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shake his arm wildly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t1:o3:1 # text = Shake his arm wildly 1 Shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 wildly wildly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | his arm | | | | wildly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Slap it quickly before it gets a chance to sting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t1:o4:1 # text = Slap it quickly before it gets a chance to sting 1 Slap slap VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slap** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | quickly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **get** | present | it | a chance | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus | | 3 | **sting** | to-infinitive | | a chance *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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