Test 10 · ★ · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

«just squash every spider in the house, they're useless» Why might that be a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, they, that · What happens: squash, be · To what, where: spider, house, bad idea

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 148 «Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 squash	punct
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 squash	advmod
3	squash	squash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 spider	det
5	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squash	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squash	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 useless	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 useless	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 useless	cop
12	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 squash	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 useless	punct
14	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	20 idea	advmod
15	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 idea	aux
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 idea	nsubj
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 idea	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 idea	det
19	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 idea	amod
20	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squash	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 squash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	squash in a quote	imperative	you not said here	every spider	the house		vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent spider=Theme in house=Trajectory
2	is in a quote	present	they			useless property	tree rules
3	is a	might	that	a bad idea			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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Spiders eat flies, mosquitoes and other pests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mosquitoes	punct
5	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flies	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pests	cc
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pests	amod
8	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Spiders	flies and mosquitoes and other pests					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Spiders keep the dust off by eating it from the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dust	det
4	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 keep	compound:prt
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 eating	mark
7	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keep	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eating	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 floor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 floor	det
11	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep off	present	Spiders	the dust					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Theme
2	eat	gerund	Spiders not said here	dust		the floor			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Spiders keep the house cool by fanning their legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 fanning	mark
7	fanning	fan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keep	advcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 legs	nmod:poss
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fanning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Spiders	the house				cool property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2	fan	gerund	Spiders not said here	Spiders's legs					tree rules

Option 4

Spiders scare away burglars by building webs across the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scare	nsubj
2	scare	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 burglars	amod
4	burglars	burglar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scare	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 webs	case
6	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 webs	compound
7	webs	web	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scare	obl
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	present	Spiders	away burglars		the door		by building webs	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burglar=Experiencer

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