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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the popular account of the daddy-long-legs? Exam question 3 of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 3 · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the popular account of the daddy-long-legs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, account · **To what, where:** popular account, daddy long legs

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» 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/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the popular account of the daddy-long-legs?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
14	daddy	daddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the popular account of the daddy long legs |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **account** |  |  | the daddy long legs |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is true of all spiders without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e3:o1:1
# text = It is true of all spiders without exception
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of all spiders without exception; true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is established scientific fact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e3:o2:1
# text = It is established scientific fact
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is a myth, harvestmen possessing no venom and cellar spiders only weak venom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e3:o3:1
# text = It is a myth, harvestmen possessing no venom and cellar spiders only weak venom
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	harvestmen	harvestman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a myth and harvestmen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | harvestmen *not said here* | no venom and cellar spiders |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is true of harvestmen only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e3:o4:1
# text = It is true of harvestmen only
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	harvestmen	harvestman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of harvestmen; true *property* | tree rules |

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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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