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description: State the reason for which a bee sting may prove dangerous to certain persons. Exam question 4 of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 4 · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the reason for which a bee sting may prove dangerous to certain persons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bee sting · **What happens:** prove

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:e4:1
# text = State the reason for which a bee sting may prove dangerous to certain persons.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | may | a bee sting |  |  |  |  | for the State reason; to certain persons; dangerous *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to person=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It causes the person to become a beekeeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:e4:o1:1
# text = It causes the person to become a beekeeper
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beekeeper	beekeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | the person |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition person=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive |  | a beekeeper |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It always causes a high fever lasting several days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:e4:o2:1
# text = It always causes a high fever lasting several days
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | a high fever |  |  |  | always *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fever=Patient |
| 2 | **last** | gerund | a high fever *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is invariably fatal to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:e4:o3:1
# text = It is invariably fatal to everyone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to everyone; fatal, invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It may cause a severe allergic reaction with swelling and difficult breathing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:e4:o4:1
# text = It may cause a severe allergic reaction with swelling and difficult breathing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	swelling	swelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | may | It | a severe allergic reaction |  |  |  | with swelling and difficult breathing | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition reaction=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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