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description: «found a huge spider running round the living room last night, it's attacking us!» What is it most likely doing? Test 4 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 4 · ★ · Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones

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«found a huge spider running round the living room last night, it's attacking us!» What is it most likely doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** huge spider, spider · **What happens:** find, run, attack, be · **To what, where:** huge spider, living room, us

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «found a huge spider running round the living room last night, it's attacking us!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t4:1
# text = «found a huge spider running round the living room last night, it's attacking us!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	attacking	attack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
17	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | past |  | a huge spider |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Topic |
| 2 | **run** *in a quote* | gerund | a huge spider *not said here* |  |  | the living room | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round room=Trajectory |
| 3 | **attack** *in a quote* | present · progressive | spider | us |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is it most likely doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t4:2
# text = What is it most likely doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | spider |  |  |  |  | do, likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hunting people to bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t4:o1:1
# text = Hunting people to bite
1	Hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Running away from the cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t4:o2:1
# text = Running away from the cat
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | from the cat; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cat=Trajectory |

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

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A male searching for a female in autumn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t4:o3:1
# text = A male searching for a female in autumn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	searching	search	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | gerund | a male *not said here* |  |  |  | autumn | for a female | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for female=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Looking for its lost web in the carpet by the sofa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones:t4:o4:1
# text = Looking for its lost web in the carpet by the sofa
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  | the carpet |  | for its lost web; by the sofa | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for web=Theme in carpet=Location |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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