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title: «daddy longlegs is the deadliest spider but its fangs are too short,… — Record-breakers: the most venomous and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «daddy longlegs is the deadliest spider but its fangs are too short, my teacher said» What is right? Test 4 · ★★ 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 each option
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

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«daddy longlegs is the deadliest spider but its fangs are too short, my teacher said» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** daddy longlegs, deadliest spider, teacher · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** deadliest spider · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» 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/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t4:1
# text = «daddy longlegs is the deadliest spider but its fangs are too short, my teacher said» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	daddy	daddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	longlegs	longleg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deadliest	deadly	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	fangs	fang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | daddy longlegs | the deadliest spider but its fangs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the deadliest spider but its fangs |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | my teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 {#o1}

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It has no legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t4:o1:1
# text = It has no legs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no legs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, its fangs are too short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t4:o2:1
# text = Right, its fangs are too short
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fangs	fang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | its fangs |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Right, it kills more people than snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t4:o3:1
# text = Right, it kills more people than snakes
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | it | more people |  |  |  | than snakes | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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

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That is a myth; harvestmen have no venom and cellar spiders weak venom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t4:o4:1
# text = That is a myth; harvestmen have no venom and cellar spiders weak venom
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
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	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	harvestmen	harvestman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
13	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	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 | That | a myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | harvestmen | venom spiders |  |  |  |  | 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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