Exam question 3 · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the popular account of the daddy-long-legs?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, account · To what, where: popular account, daddy long legs

This is exam question 3 of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» 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	11 account	det
10	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 account	amod
11	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	18 legs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 legs	det
14	daddy	daddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 legs	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 daddy	punct
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 legs	amod
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 long	punct
18	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 account	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the popular account of the daddy long legs	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	account		the daddy long legs		nom account «communication 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

It is true of all spiders without exception

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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 spiders	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 spiders	det
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 exception	case
8	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spiders	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of all spiders without exception; true property	tree rules

Option 2

It is established scientific fact

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	3 established	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 established	aux:pass
3	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fact	amod
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 established	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present · passive		It					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a myth, harvestmen possessing no venom and cellar spiders only weak venom

The tree, 14 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	4 myth	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 harvestmen	punct
6	harvestmen	harvestman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 myth	conj
7	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 harvestmen	acl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 venom	det
9	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possessing	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spiders	cc
11	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spiders	compound
12	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 venom	conj
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 weak	advmod
14	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 venom	amod
15	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth and harvestmen					tree rules
2	possess	gerund	harvestmen not said here	no venom and cellar spiders					tree rules

Option 4

It is true of harvestmen only

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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 harvestmen	case
5	harvestmen	harvestman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 harvestmen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of harvestmen; true property	tree rules

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