Test 9 · ★★ · Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostr…

«mate says daddy long legs is the deadliest spider, it just can't bite you» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, daddy · What happens: say, be, not bite · To what, where: deadliest spider, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 295 «Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostriches and goldfish» 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 says	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	daddy	daddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spider	nsubj
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 legs	amod
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 daddy	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 spider	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spider	det
9	deadliest	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 spider	amod
10	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bite	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bite	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	16 bite	advmod
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 bite	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 bite	advmod
16	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 bite	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 bite	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bite	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	daddy and long legs	the deadliest spider		tree rules
3	not bite in a quote	can	mate	you		tree rules
4	is	present			right 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

Yes, one drop could kill a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 kill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 drop	nummod
4	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kill	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kill	aux
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	could	one drop	a horse					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 2

Yes, its fangs are just too short to bite, but its venom is the strongest of all spiders

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 short	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fangs	nmod:poss
4	fangs	fang	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 short	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 short	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 short	advmod
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 short	advmod
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 bite	mark
10	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 short	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 strongest	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 strongest	cc
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 venom	nmod:poss
14	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 strongest	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 strongest	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 strongest	det
17	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 short	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 spiders	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 spiders	det
20	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 strongest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	its fangs	short property	tree rules
2	bite	to-infinitive	its fangs not said here		vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	its venom	of all spiders; strong property	tree rules

Option 3

No, it is a tiny bird with long legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 bird	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bird	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bird	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bird	amod
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legs	amod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bird	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a tiny bird				with long legs	tree rules

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

No; the crane fly is not a spider, and the cellar spider's venom is harmless to us

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 spider	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fly	det
4	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fly	compound
5	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spider	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 spider	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 spider	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spider	det
9	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 harmless	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 harmless	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 spider	det
13	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spider	compound
14	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 venom	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 spider	case
16	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 harmless	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 harmless	cop
18	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spider	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 us	case
20	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	the crane fly	a spider					tree rules
2	is	present	the cellar spider's venom		us			harmless property	tree rules

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