Exam question 3 · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sense by which a spider detects nearby movement of air?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spider · What happens: follow, characteris, detect, move · To what, where: sense, nearby movement, air

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sense	det
10	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 detects	obl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 spider	det
14	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 detects	nsubj
15	detects	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sense	acl:relcl
16	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 movement	amod
17	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 detects	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 air	case
19	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 movement	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the sense	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	detect	present	a spider	nearby movement of air	by the sense	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer movement=Stimulus
4	move			air		nom movement «act 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 · ← Mova's choice

The spider detects such movement solely by sight

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 detects	nsubj
3	detects	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 movement	amod
5	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detects	obj
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 detects	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 sight	case
8	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	present	the spider	such movement				by sight; solely property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer movement=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fine hairs upon the legs register minute currents of air and their direction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hairs	amod
2	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 register	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 legs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 legs	det
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hairs	nmod
6	register	register	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 currents	compound
8	currents	current	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 register	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 air	case
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 currents	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 direction	cc
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 direction	nmod:poss
13	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 air	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	register	present	Fine hairs upon the legs	minute currents of air and hairs's direction					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Theme

Option 3

A sixth sense enables the spider to foresee danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sense	det
2	sixth	sixth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sense	amod
3	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enables	nsubj
4	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spider	det
6	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enables	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 foresee	mark
8	foresee	foresee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 enables	advcl
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 foresee	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	present	a sixth sense	the spider					tree rules
2	foresee	to-infinitive	a sixth sense not said here	danger					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Theme

Option 4

Concealed ears within the head receive the faint sound of anything that approaches the animal

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ears	amod
2	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 receive	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ears	nmod
6	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sound	det
8	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sound	amod
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 receive	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 anything	case
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 sound	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 approaches	nsubj
13	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 anything	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 animal	det
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 approaches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	conceal	participle			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	receive	infinitive	Concealed ears within the head	the faint sound of anything	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme
3	approach	present		the animal	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

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