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title: my bro says bees die after they sting, wasps too? — Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… · tree and pragmatics
description: my bro says bees die after they sting, wasps too? Test 11 · ★★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

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my bro says bees die after they sting, wasps too?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro, bees · **What happens:** say, die, sting · **To what, where:** wasps · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee 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/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t11:1
# text = my bro says bees die after they sting, wasps too?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sting	sting	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **die** | present | bees |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **sting** | present | bees *= bee* | wasps |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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Yes, all stinging insects die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, all stinging insects die
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	amod	_	_
5	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **die** | present | all stinging insects |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Honeybees usually do, wasps can sting again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t11:o2:1
# text = Honeybees usually do, wasps can sting again
1	Honeybees	honeybee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Honeybees and wasps *not said here* |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sting** | can | Honeybees and wasps |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, only wasps die after stinging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t11:o3:1
# text = No, only wasps die after stinging
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | wasps |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **sting** | gerund | wasps *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, no insect ever dies from stinging, that's just a myth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t11:o4:1
# text = No, no insect ever dies from stinging, that's just a myth
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | no insect |  |  |  | ever |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **sting** | gerund | no insect *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present | that | a myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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