Test 7 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs
The garden spider's web is gone in the morning and a new one is up by evening. Where did the old silk go?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: web, new one, old silk · What happens: be, go
This is test 7 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: The garden spider's web is gone in the morning and a new one is up by evening.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 spider | det |
| 2 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spider | compound |
| 3 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 web | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 spider | case |
| 5 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gone | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gone | cop |
| 7 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 morning | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 morning | det |
| 10 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gone | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 evening | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 evening | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 evening | cop |
| 16 | up | up | ADV | _ | 18 evening | advmod |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 evening | case |
| 18 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 morning | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the garden spider's web | morning | gone property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | a new one | by evening | 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.
Sentence 2: Where did the old silk go?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 go | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 silk | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 silk | amod |
| 5 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | nsubj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | the old silk | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The rain melts it into the soil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rain | det |
| 2 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 melts | nsubj |
| 3 | melts | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 melts | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 soil | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 soil | det |
| 7 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 melts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | present | the rain | it | the soil | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into soil=Product |
Option 2
The wind always blows it away to the next garden, where another spider uses it
The tree, 15 words
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 | 4 blows | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 blows | advmod |
| 4 | blows | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 blows | obj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 blows | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 garden | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 garden | det |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 garden | amod |
| 10 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blows | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 uses | punct |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 uses | advmod |
| 13 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 spider | det |
| 14 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 uses | nsubj |
| 15 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 blows | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 uses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow away | present | the wind | it | the next garden | always, away property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to garden=Recipient | ||
| 2 | use | present | another spider | wind | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many orb weavers eat the old web and reuse the silk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 weavers | amod |
| 2 | orb | orb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 weavers | compound |
| 3 | weavers | weaver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 web | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 web | amod |
| 7 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 reuse | cc |
| 9 | reuse | reuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 eat | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 silk | det |
| 11 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reuse | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Many orb weavers | the old web | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent web=Patient | ||||
| 2 | reuse | infinitive | Many orb weavers not said here | the silk | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silk=Asset |
Option 4
Birds take every web for their nests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 take | nsubj |
| 2 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 web | det |
| 4 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 take | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 nests | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 nests | nmod:poss |
| 7 | nests | nest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Birds | every web | for Birds's nests | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent web=Theme for nest=Beneficiary |
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