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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the structure of an orb web? Exam question 1 of lesson 244 «Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 1 · Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the structure of an orb web?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** structure

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 244 «Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk» 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/244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the structure of an orb web?
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	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	orb	orb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 structure of a orb web |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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It is composed throughout of uniformly adhesive silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:e1:o1:1
# text = It is composed throughout of uniformly adhesive silk
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	uniformly	uniformly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	adhesive	adhesive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present · passive |  | It |  |  | throughout adhesive silk |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It possesses no adhesive element whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:e1:o2:1
# text = It possesses no adhesive element whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	adhesive	adhesive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | It | no adhesive element |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot element=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It is constructed of fibres collected from plants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:e1:o3:1
# text = It is constructed of fibres collected from plants
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fibres	fibre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	collected	collect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of fibres | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **collect** | participle |  | fibres *not said here* |  | plants |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from plant=Source |

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

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It consists of dry radial threads supporting an adhesive spiral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:e1:o4:1
# text = It consists of dry radial threads supporting an adhesive spiral
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	radial	radial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	supporting	support	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	adhesive	adhesive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	spiral	spiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of dry radial threads | tree rules |
| 2 | **support** | gerund | dry radial threads *not said here* | a adhesive spiral |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spiral=Stimulus |

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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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