Test 10 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs

«spider dropped off the ceiling right onto my desk, how'd it get back up» How?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spider · What happens: drop off, get back · To what, where: ceiling, desk

This is test 10 of lesson 147 «Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 dropped	punct
2	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 ceiling	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ceiling	det
6	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
7	right	right	ADV	_	10 desk	advmod
8	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 desk	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 desk	nmod:poss
10	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 get	advmod
13	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 get	aux
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 get	nsubj
15	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dropped	parataxis
16	back	back	ADV	_	17 up	advmod
17	up	up	ADV	_	15 get	advmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct
19	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 dropped	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop off in a quote	participle	spider	the ceiling		my desk			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ceiling=Theme onto desk=Destination
2	get back in a quote	would	spider						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

It flew back up to the ceiling with a pair of small hidden wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	4 up	advmod
4	up	up	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ceiling	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ceiling	det
7	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 pair	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pair	det
10	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 wings	case
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wings	amod
13	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wings	amod
14	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pair	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	It					to the ceiling result; with a pair of small hidden wings	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ceiling=Result

Option 2

It jumped all the way up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 way	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obj
6	up	up	ADV	_	2 jumped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump up	past	It	all way					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location way=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It climbed up its dragline, the safety thread it let out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 climbed	compound:prt
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dragline	nmod:poss
5	dragline	dragline	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thread	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thread	det
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thread	compound
9	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dragline	appos
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 let	nsubj
11	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thread	acl:relcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	past	It	its dragline					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location dragline=Theme
2	let out	past	dragline	the safety thread not said here					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme

Option 4

It walked up the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 walked	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk up	past	It	the air					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location air=Theme

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