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title: A garden has a flower that looks plain white to you. Why might bees… — Senses of animals: how they see, hear… · tree and pragmatics
description: A garden has a flower that looks plain white to you. Why might bees still find it very easy to spot? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell

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A garden has a flower that looks plain white to you. Why might bees still find it very easy to spot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** garden, flower, bees · **What happens:** have, look, find, spot · **To what, where:** flower

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» 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/79-senses-of-animals/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A garden has a flower that looks plain white to you.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t4:1
# text = A garden has a flower that looks plain white to you.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	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	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a garden | a flower |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | present | a flower |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* Why might bees still find it very easy to spot?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t4:2
# text = Why might bees still find it very easy to spot?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	spot	spot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | might | bees | flower |  |  | still |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **spot** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

## The options {#options}

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

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It may have ultraviolet markings bees can see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t4:o1:1
# text = It may have ultraviolet markings bees can see
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	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	markings	marking	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | may | It | ultraviolet markings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marking=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | can | bees | ultraviolet markings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marking=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bees only visit plain flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t4:o2:1
# text = Bees only visit plain flowers
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present | Bees | plain flowers |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bees cannot see white at all, so they never visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t4:o3:1
# text = Bees cannot see white at all, so they never visit
1	Bees	bee	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	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | Bees |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **visit** | present | Bees *= bee* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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White flowers have no nectar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t4:o4:1
# text = White flowers have no nectar
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | White flowers | no nectar |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=Patient |

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