Test 4 · ★ · Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones
«found a huge spider running round the living room last night, it's attacking us!» What is it most likely doing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: huge spider, spider · What happens: find, run, attack, be · To what, where: huge spider, living room, us
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 220 «Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones» 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: «found a huge spider running round the living room last night, it's attacking us!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spider | det |
| 4 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spider | amod |
| 5 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 found | obj |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 spider | acl |
| 7 | round | round | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 9 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 room | compound |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 running | obl |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 night | amod |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 running | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 attacking | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 attacking | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 attacking | aux |
| 16 | attacking | attack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 found | advcl |
| 17 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 attacking | obj |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find in a quote | past | a huge spider | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Topic | |||||
| 2 | run in a quote | gerund | a huge spider not said here | the living room | night | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round room=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | attack in a quote | present · progressive | spider | us | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=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.
Sentence 2: What is it most likely doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 doing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 doing | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 doing | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 doing | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 doing | advmod |
| 6 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | spider | do, likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hunting people to bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hunting | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 bite | mark |
| 4 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hunting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | gerund | people | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bite | to-infinitive | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Running away from the cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Running | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 cat | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cat | det |
| 5 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Running | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | gerund | from the cat; away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cat=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A male searching for a female in autumn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 male | det |
| 2 | male | male | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | searching | search | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 male | acl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 female | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 female | det |
| 6 | female | female | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 searching | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 autumn | case |
| 8 | autumn | autumn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 searching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | search | gerund | a male not said here | autumn | for a female | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for female=Theme |
Option 4
Looking for its lost web in the carpet by the sofa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 web | case |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 web | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 web | amod |
| 5 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 carpet | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 carpet | det |
| 8 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 sofa | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sofa | det |
| 11 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | the carpet | for its lost web; by the sofa | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for web=Theme in carpet=Location | ||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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