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Test 11 · ★★ · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures

In a game, a jumping spider builds a huge web to catch prey. What does a real jumping spider do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jumping spider, real jumping spider · What happens: jump, build, catch, do · To what, where: huge web, game, prey

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» 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 a game, a jumping spider builds a huge web to catch prey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 builds	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spider	det
6	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 spider	amod
7	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 builds	nsubj
8	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 web	det
10	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 web	amod
11	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 builds	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 catch	mark
13	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 builds	advcl
14	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 catch	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 builds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	build	present	a jumping spider	a huge web		a game			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset web=Product
3	catch	to-infinitive	a jumping spider not said here	prey					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme

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 does a real jumping spider do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spider	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spider	amod
5	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 spider	amod
6	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	present · do-support	a real jumping spider						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It catches small fish in ponds with its front legs

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	2 catches	nsubj
2	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fish	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catches	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 ponds	case
6	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catches	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
9	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legs	amod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	It	small fish		ponds		with its front legs	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It stalks and pounces with no web to catch prey

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	2 stalks	nsubj
2	stalks	stalk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pounces	cc
4	pounces	pounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stalks	conj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 web	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 web	det
7	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pounces	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 catch	mark
9	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pounces	advcl
10	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stalk	present	It						vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pounce	present						with no web	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	catch	to-infinitive		prey					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme

Option 3

It builds the biggest webs of all

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	2 builds	nsubj
2	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 webs	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 webs	amod
5	webs	web	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 builds	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 webs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	It	the biggest webs of all					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material web=Product

Option 4

It digs traps in sand

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	2 digs	nsubj
2	digs	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	traps	trap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 digs	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 sand	case
5	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	present	It	traps		sand			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trap=Theme in sand=Location

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