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title: A fly buzzes behind a spider and the spider turns to face it without… — Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbi… · tree and pragmatics
description: A fly buzzes behind a spider and the spider turns to face it without seeing it. How? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites

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A fly buzzes behind a spider and the spider turns to face it without seeing it. How?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fly, spider · **What happens:** buzz, turn, face, see · **To what, where:** spider

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A fly buzzes behind a spider and the spider turns to face it without seeing it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t8:1
# text = A fly buzzes behind a spider and the spider turns to face it without seeing it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buzzes	buzz	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	face	face	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | present | a fly |  |  | a spider |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind spider=Location |
| 2 | **turn** | present | the spider |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **face** | to-infinitive | the spider *not said here* | spider |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
| 4 | **see** | gerund | the spider *not said here* | spider |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t8:2
# text = How?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It smelled the fly's breath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t8:o1:1
# text = It smelled the fly's breath
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | It | the fly's breath |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breath=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It saw the fly in a mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t8:o2:1
# text = It saw the fly in a mirror
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | It | the fly |  | a mirror |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fly=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It guessed by luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t8:o3:1
# text = It guessed by luck
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | past | It |  |  |  |  | by luck | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Its leg hairs felt the air moving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites:t8:o4:1
# text = Its leg hairs felt the air moving
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | Its leg hairs | the air |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | the air *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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