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title: my sister says bees just take nectar and don't help the flowers. true? — Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra… · tree and pragmatics
description: my sister says bees just take nectar and don't help the flowers. true? Test 12 of lesson 23 «Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 12 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel

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my sister says bees just take nectar and don't help the flowers. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, bees · **What happens:** say, take, not help · **To what, where:** nectar, flowers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 of lesson 23 «Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel» of the world 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/world/23-flowers-and-seeds/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t12:1
# text = my sister says bees just take nectar and don't help the flowers. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	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	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | present | bees | nectar |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **help** | infinitive · do-support | bees *not said here* | the flowers |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Beneficiary |

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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, bees only take food from flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, bees only take food from flowers
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | bees | food |  | flowers |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent food=Theme from flower=Initial\_Location |

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

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No, they carry pollen from flower to flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t12:o2:1
# text = No, they carry pollen from flower to flower
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | they | pollen |  | flower |  | to flower | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme from flower=Initial\_Location to flower=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, bees harm the flowers they visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, bees harm the flowers they visit
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	harm	harm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | present | bees | the flowers |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flower=Experiencer |
| 2 | **visit** | present | bees *= bee* | the flowers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, bees help by eating the pests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t12:o4:1
# text = No, bees help by eating the pests
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pests	pest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | bees |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | bees *not said here* | the pests |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=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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