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title: «Spider-Man stopped a whole train with webs, real silk could do that… — Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs · tree and pragmatics
description: «Spider-Man stopped a whole train with webs, real silk could do that» What is right? Test 6 of lesson 147 «Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 6 · Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs

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«Spider-Man stopped a whole train with webs, real silk could do that» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Spider, real silk · **What happens:** stop, do, be · **To what, where:** whole train, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 147 «Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs:t6:1
# text = «Spider-Man stopped a whole train with webs, real silk could do that» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Spider	Spider	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	webs	web	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | past | Spider | a whole train |  |  |  | with webs | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | could | real silk | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, any spider web you find in a garden could stop a moving train

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, any spider web you find in a garden could stop a moving train
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | you | any spider web *not said here* |  | a garden |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent web=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | could | any spider web | a moving train |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality train=Eventuality |
| 3 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Silk of that thickness could not, though silk is very good at soaking up force

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs:t6:o2:1
# text = Silk of that thickness could not, though silk is very good at soaking up force
1	Silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	thickness	thickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
13	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	soaking	soak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | silk |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **soak up** | gerund | silk *not said here* | force |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent force=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, silk cannot stretch at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs:t6:o3:1
# text = No, silk cannot stretch at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stretch	stretch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stretch** | can | silk |  |  | all |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, one real thread could stop a train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, one real thread could stop a train
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | could | one real thread | a train |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality train=Eventuality |

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**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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