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title: «that jumpy spider is looking right at me with them big eyes. creepy… — Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk · tree and pragmatics
description: «that jumpy spider is looking right at me with them big eyes. creepy» What is right? Test 10 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk

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«that jumpy spider is looking right at me with them big eyes. creepy» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jumpy spider, creepy · **What happens:** look, be · **To what, where:** big eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 244 «Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk» 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/244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t10:1
# text = «that jumpy spider is looking right at me with them big eyes. creepy» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	jumpy	jumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	csubj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
15	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive | that jumpy spider | big eyes |  |  |  | at me; with them *= they* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | present | creepy |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Spiders are completely blind, so those eyes cannot see anything at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t10:o1:1
# text = Spiders are completely blind, so those eyes cannot see anything at all
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Spiders |  |  |  |  | blind, completely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **see** | can | that eyes | anything |  | all |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Those are fake eyes painted on its back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t10:o2:1
# text = Those are fake eyes painted on its back
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Those | fake eyes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  | fake eyes *not said here* |  | its back |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on back=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It is only looking at the light behind you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t10:o3:1
# text = It is only looking at the light behind you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | behind you; at the light | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at light=Theme |

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

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Jumping spiders really do see well and judge distance with their big front eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t10:o4:1
# text = Jumping spiders really do see well and judge distance with their big front eyes
1	Jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	judge	judge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present · do-support | Jumping spiders |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **judge** | present | Jumping spiders *not said here* | distance |  |  |  | with spiders's big front eyes | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value |

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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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