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title: «my cousin says u swallow 8 spiders a year when ur asleep» What is r… — Spiders and other minibeasts under log… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my cousin says u swallow 8 spiders a year when ur asleep» What is right? Test 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones

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«my cousin says u swallow 8 spiders a year when ur asleep» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, u · **What happens:** say, swallow, be · **To what, where:** 8 spiders · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 220 «Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones» 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/220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t2:1
# text = «my cousin says u swallow 8 spiders a year when ur asleep» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **swallow** *in a quote* | present | u | 8 spiders |  |  | year |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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True, it is a proven fact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t2:o1:1
# text = True, it is a proven fact
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a True proven fact |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True, but you breathe them out again before you wake up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t2:o2:1
# text = True, but you breathe them out again before you wake up
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wake	wake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe out** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  | again |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **wake up** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True, but only in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t2:o3:1
# text = True, but only in summer
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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It is a myth; spiders avoid sleeping, breathing people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t2:o4:1
# text = It is a myth; spiders avoid sleeping, breathing people
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	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	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 | **avoid** | present | spiders |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep** | gerund | spiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **breathe** | gerund | spiders *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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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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