Exam question 2 · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bite of a spider in relation to human beings.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, bite · To what, where: response, bite, relation, spider

This is exam question 2 of lesson 148 «Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bite	det
11	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 spider	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 spider	det
14	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bite	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 relation	case
16	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 beings	case
18	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 beings	amod
19	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the bite of a spider	relation	to human beings	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bite=Experiencer
4	bite			a spider			nom bite «state transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

Such bites invariably confer exceptional strength and agility upon the person bitten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bites	amod
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 strength	advmod
4	confer	confer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 strength	amod
5	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 strength	amod
6	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bites	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 agility	cc
8	agility	agility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strength	conj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strength	nmod
12	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 person	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	participle		the person not said here					vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Such bites are in all cases fatal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bites	amod
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cases	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cases	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cases	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 cases	det
6	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cases	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such bites			all cases			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Such bites are in most cases harmless and cannot confer any extraordinary capacity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bites	amod
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 harmless	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 harmless	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cases	case
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 cases	amod
6	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 harmless	obl
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 confer	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 confer	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 confer	advmod
11	confer	confer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 harmless	conj
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 capacity	det
13	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 capacity	amod
14	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 confer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such bites			most cases		harmless property	tree rules
2	not confer	can	Such bites not said here	any extraordinary capacity					tree rules

Option 4

Spiders are anatomically incapable of biting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
3	anatomically	anatomically	ADV	_	4 incapable	advmod
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 biting	case
6	biting	biting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Spiders	incapable				of biting; anatomically property	tree rules

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