Test 11 · Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk
A trapdoor spider in a zoo is 40 years old. Is that possible?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: trapdoor spider, that · What happens: be
This is test 11 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: A trapdoor spider in a zoo is 40 years old.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 spider | det |
| 2 | trapdoor | trapdoor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spider | compound |
| 3 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 old | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 zoo | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 zoo | det |
| 6 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spider | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 old | cop |
| 8 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 old | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 old | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a trapdoor spider in a zoo | year | old 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.
Sentence 2: Is that possible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 possible | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 possible | nsubj |
| 3 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 possible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | possible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, every spider dies before its first birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 dies | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dies | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 spider | det |
| 4 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dies | nsubj |
| 5 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 birthday | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 birthday | amod |
| 9 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dies | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | every spider | before spider's first birthday | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, some trapdoor spiders live over 40 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 spiders | det |
| 4 | trapdoor | trapdoor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spiders | compound |
| 5 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | nsubj |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | some trapdoor spiders | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
No, spiders live only a few weeks, even in zoos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 weeks | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 weeks | det |
| 7 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 weeks | amod |
| 8 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 zoos | punct |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 zoos | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 zoos | case |
| 12 | zoos | zoo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | spiders | zoos | week | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location |
Option 4
Yes, but only if it sleeps through every winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 sleeps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sleeps | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 sleeps | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 sleeps | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 sleeps | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sleeps | nsubj |
| 7 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 winter | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 winter | det |
| 10 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sleeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | it | winter | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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