Test 3 · ★ · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites
In a cartoon a spider lifts a truck. What is real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: spider · What happens: lift, be · To what, where: truck, cartoon
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon a spider lifts a truck.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lifts | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spider | det |
| 5 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lifts | nsubj |
| 6 | lifts | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 truck | det |
| 8 | truck | truck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lifts | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lifts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | present | a spider | a truck | a cartoon | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent truck=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
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 real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Spiders are weaker than any other animal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 weaker | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 weaker | cop |
| 3 | weaker | weak | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 animal | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 animal | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 animal | amod |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 weaker | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Spiders | than any other animal; weak property | tree rules |
Option 2
Spiders get stronger and stronger the bigger they grow, with no limit at all
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 get | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 stronger | cc |
| 5 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 stronger | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bigger | det |
| 7 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 get | xcomp |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 grow | nsubj |
| 9 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bigger | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 limit | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 limit | case |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 limit | det |
| 13 | limit | limit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | parataxis |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 limit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Spiders | big, strong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | Spiders = spider | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Spiders are strong for their size, but a giant spider would struggle with its own weight
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 strong | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 strong | cop |
| 3 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 size | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 size | nmod:poss |
| 6 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 strong | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 struggle | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 struggle | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 spider | det |
| 10 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spider | amod |
| 11 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 struggle | nsubj |
| 12 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 struggle | aux |
| 13 | struggle | struggle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 strong | conj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 weight | case |
| 15 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 weight | nmod:poss |
| 16 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 weight | amod |
| 17 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 struggle | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Spiders | for Spiders's size; strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | struggle | would | a giant spider | with size's own weight | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with weight=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Spiders really can lift trucks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lift | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 lift | advmod |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lift | aux |
| 4 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | trucks | truck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lift | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | can | Spiders | trucks | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truck=Theme |
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