--- title: Ruby is stung by a wasp in Melbourne. There is no stinger in her ski… — Bees, wasps and stings · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby is stung by a wasp in Melbourne. There is no stinger in her skin. Why not? Test 2 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings Ruby is stung by a wasp in Melbourne. There is no stinger in her skin. Why not? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wasp, stinger · **What happens:** sting, be · **To what, where:** Ruby This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby is stung by a wasp in Melbourne. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t2:1 # text = Ruby is stung by a wasp in Melbourne. 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 stung sting VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | present · passive | a wasp in Melbourne | Ruby | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | 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:* There is no stinger in her skin. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t2:2 # text = There is no stinger in her skin. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 stinger stinger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no stinger in stinger's skin | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Why not? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t2:3 # text = Why not? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A wasp's sting is smooth and stays with the wasp ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t2:o1:1 # text = A wasp's sting is smooth and stays with the wasp 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 sting sting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a wasp's sting | | | | | smooth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | present | a wasp's sting *not said here* | | | | | with the wasp | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with wasp=Location | | 3 | **sting** | | a wasp | | | | | | nom sting «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She must have been bitten instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t2:o2:1 # text = She must have been bitten instead 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | must · perfect · passive | | She | | | | instead *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wasps never actually sting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t2:o3:1 # text = Wasps never actually sting 1 Wasps wasp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 actually actually ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sting sting NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The stinger has already dissolved in her skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t2:o4:1 # text = The stinger has already dissolved in her skin 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stinger stinger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dissolved dissolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dissolve** | present · perfect · passive | | the stinger | | her skin | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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