--- title: Which is true? — Bees, wasps and stings · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true? Test 3 · ★ 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t3:1 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A honeybee can sting many times ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t3:o1:1 # text = A honeybee can sting many times 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 honeybee honeybee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | can | a honeybee | | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A honeybee can sting only once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t3:o2:1 # text = A honeybee can sting only once 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 honeybee honeybee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | can | a honeybee | | | | | once *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bees sting to hunt for food ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t3:o3:1 # text = Bees sting to hunt for food 1 Bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sting sting VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | present | Bees | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | Bees *not said here* | | | | | for food | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} A wasp dies after every sting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t3:o4:1 # text = A wasp dies after every sting 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 sting sting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | a wasp | | | | after every sting | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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