Test 8 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs
«why's there a web like a tube in the corner of the shed, broken spider?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: web · What happens: be, break
This is test 8 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: «why's there a web like a tube in the corner of the shed, broken spider?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 's | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 's | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 's | expl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 web | det |
| 6 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 's | nsubj |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 tube | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tube | det |
| 9 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 web | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 corner | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 corner | det |
| 12 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tube | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 shed | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 shed | det |
| 15 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 corner | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 spider | punct |
| 17 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 spider | amod |
| 18 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tube | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 's | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 's | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | a web like a tube in the corner of the shed and broken spider | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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 right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only sick spiders build funnels
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 spiders | advmod |
| 2 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spiders | amod |
| 3 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 build | nsubj |
| 4 | build | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | funnels | funnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 build | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | sick spiders | funnels | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset funnel=Product |
Option 2
It is just an ordinary round web that the wind has rolled up into a tube
The tree, 16 words
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 | 7 web | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 web | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 web | advmod |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 web | det |
| 5 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 web | amod |
| 6 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 web | amod |
| 7 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 rolled | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wind | det |
| 10 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rolled | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 rolled | aux |
| 12 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 web | acl:relcl |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 rolled | compound:prt |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 tube | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 tube | det |
| 16 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rolled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a ordinary round web | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | roll up | present · perfect · passive | a ordinary round web | a tube | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into tube=Trajectory |
Option 3
The spider forgot how to build a round web
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spider | det |
| 2 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forgot | nsubj |
| 3 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 build | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 build | mark |
| 6 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forgot | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 web | det |
| 8 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 web | amod |
| 9 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 build | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | the spider | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not build | to-infinitive | the spider not said here | a round web | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset web=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Some spiders build funnel webs to catch walking insects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 spiders | det |
| 2 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 build | nsubj |
| 3 | build | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | funnel | funnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 webs | compound |
| 5 | webs | web | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 build | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 catch | mark |
| 7 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 build | advcl |
| 8 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 catch | xcomp |
| 9 | insects | insect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 walking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | some spiders | funnel webs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset web=Product | ||||
| 2 | catch | to-infinitive | some spiders not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | walk | gerund | some spiders not said here | insects | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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