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description: Ascertain the consequence of enlarging a spider to the dimensions of a human being. Exam question 4 of lesson 148 «Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 4 · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

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Ascertain the consequence of enlarging a spider to the dimensions of a human being.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, consequence · **What happens:** ascertain, enlarge · **To what, where:** consequence, spider

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 148 «Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the consequence of enlarging a spider to the dimensions of a human being.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	enlarging	enlarge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  | to the dimensions | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **enlarge** | gerund | the consequence *not said here* | a spider |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spider=Patient |

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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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The animal's strength would increase in exact proportion to its weight, so it would remain equally capable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:e4:o1:1
# text = The animal's strength would increase in exact proportion to its weight, so it would remain equally capable
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	increase	increase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
18	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | would | the animal's strength |  |  |  |  | to strength's weight *result*; in exact proportion | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute PP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: agent=Patient in proportion=Attribute to weight=Result |
| 2 | **remain** | would | strength |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The animal would become capable of flight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:e4:o2:1
# text = The animal would become capable of flight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | the animal |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The animal would be capable of lifting buildings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:e4:o3:1
# text = The animal would be capable of lifting buildings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | the animal |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lift** | gerund | the animal *not said here* | buildings |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The animal would struggle to support its own weight, strength increasing more slowly than weight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:e4:o4:1
# text = The animal would struggle to support its own weight, strength increasing more slowly than weight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	struggle	struggle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	support	support	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	increasing	increase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **struggle** | would | the animal |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **support** | to-infinitive | the animal *not said here* | animal's own weight |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weight=Stimulus |
| 3 | **increase** | gerund | strength |  |  |  |  | than weight; slowly *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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