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title: «spider came up the plughole again, gross» What is more likely? — Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbi… · tree and pragmatics
description: «spider came up the plughole again, gross» What is more likely? Test 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 choice was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

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«spider came up the plughole again, gross» What is more likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spider · **What happens:** come up, be · **To what, where:** plughole

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t4:1
# text = «spider came up the plughole again, gross» What is more likely?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plughole	plughole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** *in a quote* | past | spider | the plughole |  |  | again |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plughole=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It fell in or came from outside and couldn't climb out of the slippery bath

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t4:o1:1
# text = It fell in or came from outside and couldn't climb out of the slippery bath
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from outside=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **not** **climb** | could |  |  |  | the slippery bath |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bath=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spiders live down in the drains and climb up the pipes every night to drink

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t4:o2:1
# text = Spiders live down in the drains and climb up the pipes every night to drink
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live down** | present | Spiders |  |  | the drains |  | down *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in drain=Location |
| 2 | **climb up** | present | Spiders *not said here* | the pipes |  |  | night |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | Spiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spiders are attracted to bath water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t4:o3:1
# text = Spiders are attracted to bath water
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	attracted	attract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | present · passive |  | Spiders |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The water pushes them up the pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t4:o4:1
# text = The water pushes them up the pipes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | present | the water | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme pipe=Destination |

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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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