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Test 1 · Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk

In Charlotte's Web the spider spins words like «Some Pig» into her web. What can real spiders do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: spider, real spiders · What happens: spin, do · To what, where: words, Web

This is test 1 of lesson 244 «Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk» 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 Charlotte's Web the spider spins words like «Some Pig» into her web.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 Web	case
2	Charlotte	Charlotte	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Web	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Charlotte	case
4	Web	Web	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 spins	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spider	det
6	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spins	nsubj
7	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spins	obj
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 Pig	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Pig	punct
11	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 Pig	det
12	Pig	Pig	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 words	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 Pig	punct
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 web	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 web	nmod:poss
16	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spins	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 spins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	the spider	words		Charlotte's Web		like some Pig; into spider's web	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme in web=Source into web=Trajectory

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 can real spiders do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spiders	amod
4	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	real spiders						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

They copy the letters and words they see written on signs and posters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 copy	nsubj
2	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 letters	det
4	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 copy	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 words	cc
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 letters	conj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 letters	acl:relcl
9	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 see	xcomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 signs	case
11	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 written	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 posters	cc
13	posters	poster	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 signs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present	They	the letters and words					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	see	present	letters = letter	the letters and words not said here					tree rules
3	write	participle	the letters and words not said here			signs and posters			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on sign=Destination

Option 2

They can only spin straight lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spin	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spin	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 spin	advmod
4	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lines	amod
6	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spin	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	can	They	straight lines					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent line=Theme

Option 3

They write their names in silk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 write	nsubj
2	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 names	nmod:poss
4	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 write	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 silk	case
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	They	their names		silk			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme in silk=Destination
2	name		their = they						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They cannot write, but some weave zigzag decorations into their webs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 write	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 write	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 write	advmod
4	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 weave	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 weave	cc
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 weave	nsubj
8	weave	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 write	conj
9	zigzag	zigzag	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 decorations	compound
10	decorations	decoration	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 weave	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 webs	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 webs	nmod:poss
13	webs	web	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 weave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not write	can	They						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	weave	present	some	zigzag decorations		decorations's webs			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent decoration=Material into web=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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