Exam question 1 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs

Identify the organs from which a spider extrudes its silk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, spider · What happens: identify, extrude · To what, where: organs, silk

This is exam question 1 of lesson 147 «Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 organs	det
3	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 extrudes	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spider	det
7	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 extrudes	nsubj
8	extrudes	extrude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 organs	acl:relcl
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 silk	nmod:poss
10	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 extrudes	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the organs					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent organ=Theme
2	extrude	present	a spider	spider's silk		the organs			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent silk=Theme from which=Initial_Location

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The mouthparts, in the manner of the silkworm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouthparts	det
2	mouthparts	mouthpart	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 manner	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 manner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mouthparts	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 silkworm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 silkworm	det
9	silkworm	silkworm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 manner	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The spinnerets situated at the posterior of the abdomen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spinnerets	det
2	spinnerets	spinneret	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spinnerets	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 posterior	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 posterior	det
6	posterior	posterior	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 abdomen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 abdomen	det
9	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 posterior	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		the spinnerets not said here		the posterior of the abdomen			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at posterior=Destination

Option 3

Glands situated within the wrists of the forelimbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glands	gland	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 situated	nsubj
2	situated	situate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 wrists	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wrists	det
5	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 situated	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 forelimbs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forelimbs	det
8	forelimbs	forelimb	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wrists	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	past	Glands					within the wrists of the forelimbs	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The terminal segments of each of the eight legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 segments	det
2	terminal	terminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 segments	amod
3	segments	segment	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 each	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 segments	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 legs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 legs	det
8	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 legs	nummod
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 each	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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