---
title: Why is it a bad idea to wave your arms at a bee? — Bees, wasps and stings · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it a bad idea to wave your arms at a bee? Test 8 · ★ 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[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/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why is it a bad idea to wave your arms at a bee?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, wave · **To what, where:** bad idea, arms

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t8:1
# text = Why is it a bad idea to wave your arms at a bee?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	wave	wave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wave** | to-infinitive |  | your arms |  |  |  | at a bee | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It feels attacked and is more likely to sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t8:o1:1
# text = It feels attacked and is more likely to sting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	attacked	attack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **attack** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **sting** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bees like waving and come closer to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t8:o2:1
# text = Bees like waving and come closer to play
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund | Bees |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | present | Bees *not said here* |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | Bees *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Waving makes bees lose their sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t8:o3:1
# text = Waving makes bees lose their sting
1	Waving	wave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | bees |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | infinitive | bees *not said here* | bees's sting |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Eventuality |
| 4 | **sting** |  | bees *= bee* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sting «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bees can only see moving arms, so it will find you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:24-bees-and-wasps:t8:o4:1
# text = Bees can only see moving arms, so it will find you
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | Bees |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | Bees *not said here* | arms |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | future | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Bees, wasps and stings, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/t7/)
- next →: [Bees, wasps and stings, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Bees, wasps and stings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/)