--- title: Why does running at a wasp or swatting it make things worse? — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics description: Why does running at a wasp or swatting it make things worse? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/t1/) [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/) / [Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma Why does running at a wasp or swatting it make things worse? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** run, swat, make · **To what, where:** wasp, things This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t1:1 # text = Why does running at a wasp or swatting it make things worse? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 swatting swat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present · do-support | | | | a wasp | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wasp=Trajectory | | 2 | **swat** | gerund | | wasp | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | | things | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product | 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} Swatting makes more wasps come out of the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t1:o1:1 # text = Swatting makes more wasps come out of the ground 1 Swatting swat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 wasps wasp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swat** | gerund | | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come out** | present | more wasps | the ground | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient ground=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A frightened wasp is more likely to sting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t1:o2:1 # text = A frightened wasp is more likely to sting 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a frightened wasp | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sting** | to-infinitive | a frightened wasp *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wasps cannot see slow people ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t1:o3:1 # text = Wasps cannot see slow people 1 Wasps wasp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | can | Wasps | slow people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wasps sting only people who run ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t1:o4:1 # text = Wasps sting only people who run 1 Wasps wasp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sting sting VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | present | Wasps | people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **run** | present | people | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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