Exam question 2 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the strength of spider silk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, strength

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 strength	det
11	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 silk	case
13	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 silk	compound
14	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 strength	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the strength of spider silk		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus strength=Experiencer

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 right answer

Weight for weight, certain silks exceed steel in strength and greatly exceed it in elasticity

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exceed	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 weight	case
3	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Weight	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 exceed	punct
5	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silks	amod
6	silks	silk	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 exceed	nsubj
7	exceed	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exceed	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 strength	case
10	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exceed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 exceed	cc
12	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	13 exceed	advmod
13	exceed	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 exceed	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 exceed	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 elasticity	case
16	elasticity	elasticity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 exceed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exceed	present	Weight for weight	steel				in strength	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot steel=Theme in strength=Attribute
2	exceed	present	Weight for weight not said here	steel				in elasticity; greatly property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot it=Theme in elasticity=Attribute

Option 2

Spider silk loses all strength upon contact with water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silk	compound
2	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loses	nsubj
3	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 strength	det
5	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loses	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 contact	case
7	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loses	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	Spider silk	all strength				upon contact with water	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Eventuality

Option 3

A single natural thread is capable of supporting the full weight of an adult human

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thread	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thread	amod
3	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thread	amod
4	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 capable	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 capable	cop
6	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 supporting	mark
8	supporting	support	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 capable	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 weight	det
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 weight	amod
11	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 supporting	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	15 human	mark
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 human	det
14	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 human	amod
15	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 weight	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a single natural thread					capable property	tree rules
2	support	gerund	a single natural thread not said here	the full weight					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weight=Stimulus

Option 4

Spider silk is weaker than wet paper of equal weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silk	compound
2	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weaker	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 weaker	cop
4	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 paper	case
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 paper	amod
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weaker	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 weight	case
9	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weight	amod
10	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paper	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Spider silk					than wet paper of equal weight; weak property	tree rules

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