Test 4 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs

«tiny spider just flew past my face on a string, they can fly??» What is happening?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tiny spider, they · What happens: fly, happen · To what, where: string

This is test 4 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

Sentence 1: «tiny spider just flew past my face on a string, they can fly??»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 spider	punct
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spider	amod
3	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 flew	advmod
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	past	past	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 string	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 string	det
11	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fly	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fly	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 fly	aux
15	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 flew	parataxis
16	??	??	PUNCT	_	15 fly	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 fly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly in a quote	past	tiny spider			a string		past my face	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on string=Location
2	fly in a quote	can	they						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What is happening?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happening	aux
3	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · progressive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The wind blew its old web away and the spider was still holding on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blew	nsubj
3	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 web	nmod:poss
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 web	amod
6	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blew	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	3 blew	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 holding	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spider	det
10	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holding	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 holding	aux
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 holding	advmod
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 blew	advcl
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 holding	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	the wind	wind's old web				away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent web=Patient
2	hold on	past · progressive	the spider				still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Spiders have small hidden wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wings	amod
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wings	amod
5	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Spiders	small hidden wings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is ballooning: a silk thread caught the air and carried it

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	3 ballooning	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ballooning	aux
3	ballooning	balloon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 caught	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 thread	det
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thread	compound
7	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caught	nsubj
8	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ballooning	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 air	det
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caught	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 carried	cc
12	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 caught	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 carried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	balloon	present · progressive	It		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	catch	past	a silk thread	the air	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme
3	carry	past	a silk thread not said here	air	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

It was thrown by a bigger spider

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	3 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 spider	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spider	det
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 spider	amod
7	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive	a bigger spider	It					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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