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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the claim that persons ingest spiders during sleep? Exam question 2 of lesson 220 «Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the claim that persons ingest spiders during sleep?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** claim

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 220 «Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones» 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/220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the claim that persons ingest spiders during sleep?
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	10	det	_	_
10	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	ingest	ing	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 claim and persons during sleep and ingest spiders |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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 is a myth unsupported by evidence, as spiders avoid sleeping persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:e2:o1:1
# text = It is a myth unsupported by evidence, as spiders avoid sleeping persons
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	_	_
5	unsupported	unsupport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	amod	_	_
13	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **unsupport** | participle |  | a myth *not said here* |  |  |  | by evidence | tree rules |
| 3 | **avoid** | present | spiders | sleeping persons |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent person=Location |
| 4 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It occurs exclusively during the autumn months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:e2:o2:1
# text = It occurs exclusively during the autumn months
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | It |  |  |  | month | exclusively *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is an established fact, the figure being eight spiders annually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:e2:o3:1
# text = It is an established fact, the figure being eight spiders annually
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
10	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
12	annually	annually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a established fact |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | gerund | the figure | eight spiders |  |  |  | annually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It occurs only in dwellings situated near woodland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:e2:o4:1
# text = It occurs only in dwellings situated near woodland
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | It | dwellings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  | dwellings *not said here* |  | woodland |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent near woodland=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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