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title: A wasp stings a boy and flies off. His friend says, "Don't worry, it… — Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… · tree and pragmatics
description: A wasp stings a boy and flies off. His friend says, "Don't worry, it will die now." What is true? Test 8 · ★★ 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 ques
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

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A wasp stings a boy and flies off. His friend says, "Don't worry, it will die now." What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wasp, friend · **What happens:** sting, fly off, say, not worry, die, be · **To what, where:** boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A wasp stings a boy and flies off.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t8:1
# text = A wasp stings a boy and flies off.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present | a wasp | a boy |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boy=Experiencer |
| 2 | **fly off** | present | a wasp *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* His friend says, "Don't worry, it will die now."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t8:2
# text = His friend says, "Don't worry, it will die now."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | wasp's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **worry** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | future | friend |  |  |  | now |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t8:3
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wasps do not usually die after stinging and can sting again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t8:o1:1
# text = Wasps do not usually die after stinging and can sting again
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | present · do-support | Wasps |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | 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 |
| 3 | **sting** | can | Wasps *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wasps die but only after an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t8:o2:1
# text = Wasps die but only after an hour
1	Wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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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 |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The wasp will lose its wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t8:o3:1
# text = The wasp will lose its wings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | future | the wasp | wasp's wings |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All stinging insects die at once, so it can never sting again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t8:o4:1
# text = All stinging insects die at once, so it can never sting again
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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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 |
| 3 | **not** **sting** | can | it |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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