Exam question 4 · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

Ascertain the consequence of enlarging a spider to the dimensions of a human being.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, consequence · What happens: ascertain, enlarge · To what, where: consequence, spider

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 enlarging	mark
5	enlarging	enlarge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 consequence	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spider	det
7	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enlarging	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 dimensions	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dimensions	det
10	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obl
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 human	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 human	det
13	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dimensions	acl
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 human	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence				to the dimensions	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	enlarge	gerund	the consequence not said here	a spider					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spider=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

The animal's strength would increase in exact proportion to its weight, so it would remain equally capable

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strength	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 animal	case
4	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 increase	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 increase	aux
6	increase	increase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 proportion	case
8	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 proportion	amod
9	proportion	proportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 increase	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 weight	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 weight	nmod:poss
12	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 increase	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 remain	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 remain	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 remain	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 remain	aux
17	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 increase	conj
18	equally	equally	ADV	_	19 capable	advmod
19	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	would	the animal's strength					to strength's weight result; in exact proportion	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute PP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient in proportion=Attribute to weight=Result
2	remain	would	strength					capable property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The animal would become capable of flight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 become	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 flight	case
7	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	the animal					capable property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The animal would be capable of lifting buildings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 capable	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 capable	cop
5	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 lifting	mark
7	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 capable	advcl
8	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lifting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	the animal					capable property	tree rules
2	lift	gerund	the animal not said here	buildings					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The animal would struggle to support its own weight, strength increasing more slowly than weight

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 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struggle	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 struggle	aux
4	struggle	struggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 support	mark
6	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 struggle	xcomp
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 weight	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 weight	amod
9	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 support	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 increasing	punct
11	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 increasing	nsubj
12	increasing	increase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 struggle	advcl
13	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 slowly	advmod
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	12 increasing	advmod
15	than	than	ADP	_	16 weight	case
16	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 increasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	struggle	would	the animal			tree rules
2	support	to-infinitive	the animal not said here	animal's own weight		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weight=Stimulus
3	increase	gerund	strength		than weight; slowly property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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