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# Test 10 · ★ · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

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«just squash every spider in the house, they're useless» Why might that be a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, they, that · **What happens:** squash, be · **To what, where:** spider, house, bad idea

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 148 «Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites» 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/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t10:1
# text = «just squash every spider in the house, they're useless» Why might that be a bad idea?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	squash	squash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
15	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	nsubj	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | every spider |  | the house |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent spider=Theme in house=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | they |  |  |  |  | useless *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | might | that | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Spiders eat flies, mosquitoes and other pests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t10:o1:1
# text = Spiders eat flies, mosquitoes and other pests
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pests	pest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Spiders | flies and mosquitoes and other pests |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Spiders keep the dust off by eating it from the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t10:o2:1
# text = Spiders keep the dust off by eating it from the floor
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep off** | present | Spiders | the dust |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | Spiders *not said here* | dust |  | the floor |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spiders keep the house cool by fanning their legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t10:o3:1
# text = Spiders keep the house cool by fanning their legs
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fanning	fan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Spiders | the house |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
| 2 | **fan** | gerund | Spiders *not said here* | Spiders's legs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spiders scare away burglars by building webs across the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t10:o4:1
# text = Spiders scare away burglars by building webs across the door
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scare	scare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	burglars	burglar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	webs	web	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | present | Spiders | away burglars |  | the door |  | by building webs | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burglar=Experiencer |

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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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