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title: A bee lands on a girl's sleeve in the Texas sunshine. What is the wi… — Teachers, visitors and the playground · tree and pragmatics
description: A bee lands on a girl's sleeve in the Texas sunshine. What is the wisest thing for her to do? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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 wa
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# Test 4 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground

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A bee lands on a girl's sleeve in the Texas sunshine. What is the wisest thing for her to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bee, wisest thing · **What happens:** land, be, do · **To what, where:** sleeve

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A bee lands on a girl's sleeve in the Texas sunshine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t4:1
# text = A bee lands on a girl's sleeve in the Texas sunshine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | a bee |  |  | a girl's sleeve in the Texas sunshine |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on sleeve=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the wisest thing for her to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t4:2
# text = What is the wisest thing for her to do?
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	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wisest thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | bee |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Squash it with a book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t4:o1:1
# text = Squash it with a book
1	Squash	squash	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with a book | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with book=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Stay calm and let it fly away or move slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t4:o2:1
# text = Stay calm and let it fly away or move slowly
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly away** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **move** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Slap it quickly before it has time to sting her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t4:o3:1
# text = Slap it quickly before it has time to sting her
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	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **have** | present | it |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sting** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shake her arm wildly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t4:o4:1
# text = Shake her arm wildly
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | her arm |  |  |  | wildly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

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**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.

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