Test 3 · ★★ · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures A spider sits in the bath. Your sister says it came up the plughole. What's more likely?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: spider, sister · What happens: sit, say, come up, be · To what, where: bath, plughole · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: A spider sits in the bath.
det nsubj case det obl punct root A DET spider NOUN sits VERB in ADP the DET bath NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 spider det 2 spider spider NOUN Number=Sing 3 sits nsubj 3 sits sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 bath case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 bath det 6 bath bath NOUN Number=Sing 3 sits obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 sits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sit present a spider the bath vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bath=Location
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: Your sister says it came up the plughole.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp case det obl punct root Your PRON sister NOUN says VERB it PRON came VERB up ADP the DET plughole NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 came nsubj 5 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 6 up up ADP _ 8 plughole case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 plughole det 8 plughole plughole NOUN Number=Sing 5 came obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your sister vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 come up past spider the plughole vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plughole=Theme
Sentence 3: What's more likely?
nsubj cop advmod punct root What PRON 's AUX more ADV likely ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 likely nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 likely cop 3 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 4 likely advmod 4 likely likely ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 likely punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present likely property tree rules
The options Option 1 It came in with the shampoo
nsubj advmod case det obl root It PRON came VERB in ADV with ADP the DET shampoo NOUN 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 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADV _ 2 came advmod 4 with with ADP _ 6 shampoo case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 shampoo det 6 shampoo shampoo NOUN Number=Sing 2 came obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come in past It with the shampoo vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 It swam up through the water pipes from the drain
nsubj compound:prt case det compound obl case det obl root It PRON swam VERB up ADP through ADP the DET water NOUN pipes NOUN from ADP the DET drain NOUN 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 swam nsubj 2 swam swim VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 swam compound:prt 4 through through ADP _ 7 pipes case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 pipes det 6 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 pipes compound 7 pipes pipe NOUN Number=Plur 2 swam obl 8 from from ADP _ 10 drain case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 drain det 10 drain drain NOUN Number=Sing 2 swam obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swim up past It the water pipes from the drain vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through pipe=Trajectory
Option 3 It was born in the bath
nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl root It PRON was AUX born VERB in ADP the DET bath NOUN 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 3 born nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 born aux:pass 3 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 bath case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 bath det 6 bath bath NOUN Number=Sing 3 born obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bear past · passive It the bath vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It fell in and cannot climb the smooth sides
nsubj advmod cc aux advmod conj det amod obj root It PRON fell VERB in ADV and CCONJ can AUX not PART climb VERB the DET smooth ADJ sides NOUN 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 fell nsubj 2 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADV _ 2 fell advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 7 climb cc 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 climb aux 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 climb advmod 7 climb climb VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 fell conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 sides det 9 smooth smooth ADJ Degree=Pos 10 sides amod 10 sides side NOUN Number=Plur 7 climb obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall in past It vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 not climb can the smooth sides vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location side=Theme
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