Test 4 · ★ · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

«spider came up the plughole again, gross» What is more likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: spider · What happens: come up, be · To what, where: plughole

This is test 4 · ★ 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 came	punct
2	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 likely	advcl
4	up	up	ADP	_	6 plughole	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plughole	det
6	plughole	plughole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	again	again	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gross	punct
9	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	conj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 likely	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 likely	cop
13	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 likely	advmod
14	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come up in a quote	past	spider	the plughole			again		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plughole=Theme
2	is	present						likely property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It fell in or came from outside and couldn't climb out of the slippery bath

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 came	cc
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 outside	case
7	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 came	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 climb	cc
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 climb	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 climb	advmod
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fell	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	16 bath	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 bath	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bath	det
15	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bath	amod
16	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	fall in	past	It		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from outside=Initial_Location
3	not climb	could		the slippery bath	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bath=Trajectory

Option 2

Spiders live down in the drains and climb up the pipes every night to drink

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 live	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 drains	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drains	det
6	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 climb	cc
8	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 live	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 climb	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pipes	det
11	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 climb	obl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climb	obl:unmarked
14	to	to	PART	_	15 drink	mark
15	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 climb	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live down	present	Spiders		the drains		down property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in drain=Location
2	climb up	present	Spiders not said here	the pipes		night		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	drink	to-infinitive	Spiders not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Spiders are attracted to bath water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attracted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attracted	aux:pass
3	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 water	mark
5	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	compound
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attracted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · passive		Spiders					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The water pushes them up the pipes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	nsubj
3	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pushes	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 pushes	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pipes	det
7	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pushes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push up	present	the water	them = they					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme pipe=Destination

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