Test 6 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs
«Spider-Man stopped a whole train with webs, real silk could do that» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Spider, real silk · What happens: stop, do, be · To what, where: whole train, that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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 | _ | 5 stopped | punct |
| 2 | Spider | Spider | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 stopped | nsubj |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Spider | punct |
| 4 | Man | Man | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Spider | flat |
| 5 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 train | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 train | amod |
| 8 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stopped | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 webs | case |
| 10 | webs | web | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 train | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 do | punct |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 silk | amod |
| 13 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 do | nsubj |
| 14 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 do | aux |
| 15 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stopped | conj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 do | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 do | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stopped | parataxis |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop in a quote | past | Spider | a whole train | with webs | tree rules | |||
| 2 | do in a quote | could | real silk | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
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
Yes, any spider web you find in a garden could stop a moving train
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 12 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 web | det |
| 4 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 web | compound |
| 5 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stop | nsubj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 find | nsubj |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 web | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 garden | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 garden | det |
| 10 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 find | obl |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 stop | aux |
| 12 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 train | det |
| 14 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 train | amod |
| 15 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | you | any spider web not said here | a garden | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent web=Topic | |||
| 2 | stop | could | any spider web | a moving train | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality train=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | move | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Silk of that thickness could not, though silk is very good at soaking up force
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 could | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 thickness | case |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 thickness | det |
| 4 | thickness | thickness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Silk | nmod |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 could | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 good | punct |
| 8 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 12 good | mark |
| 9 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 good | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 good | cop |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 good | advmod |
| 12 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 could | conj |
| 13 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 14 soaking | mark |
| 14 | soaking | soak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 good | advcl |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 soaking | compound:prt |
| 16 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 soaking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | silk | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | soak up | gerund | silk not said here | force | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent force=Source |
Option 3
No, silk cannot stretch at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 stretch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stretch | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stretch | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 stretch | advmod |
| 6 | stretch | stretch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 stretch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stretch | can | silk | all | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, one real thread could stop a train
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 thread | nummod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thread | amod |
| 5 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stop | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stop | aux |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 train | det |
| 9 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | could | one real thread | a train | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality train=Eventuality |
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