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title: In a cartoon an itsy-bitsy spider climbs up the drain pipe. What is… — Spiders and other minibeasts under log… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon an itsy-bitsy spider climbs up the drain pipe. What is true about a spider found in the bath? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones

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In a cartoon an itsy-bitsy spider climbs up the drain pipe. What is true about a spider found in the bath?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bitsy spider · **What happens:** climb up, be, find · **To what, where:** drain pipe, cartoon, spider, bath

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon an itsy-bitsy spider climbs up the drain pipe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon an itsy-bitsy spider climbs up the drain pipe.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	itsy	itsy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	bitsy	bitsy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | present | a bitsy spider | the drain pipe |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location pipe=Theme |

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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:* What is true about a spider found in the bath?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t3:2
# text = What is true about a spider found in the bath?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	about	about	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	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about a spider; true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | a spider *not said here* |  | the bath |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It came out of the bath tap when it was turned on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t3:o1:1
# text = It came out of the bath tap when it was turned on
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past | It | the bath tap |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient tap=Result |
| 2 | **turn on** | past · passive |  | tap |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It probably fell in from above and cannot climb out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t3:o2:1
# text = It probably fell in from above and cannot climb out
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	above	above	ADV	RB	_	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | past | It |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from above=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **not** **climb out** | can |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It certainly came up the drain from the sewers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t3:o3:1
# text = It certainly came up the drain from the sewers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sewers	sewer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | It | the drain |  | the sewers |  | certainly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drain=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was waiting under the water all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t3:o4:1
# text = It was waiting under the water all night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | It |  |  | the water | night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under water=Location |

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