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title: A trapdoor spider in a zoo is 40 years old. Is that possible? — Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk · tree and pragmatics
description: A trapdoor spider in a zoo is 40 years old. Is that possible? Test 11 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 11 · Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk

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A trapdoor spider in a zoo is 40 years old. Is that possible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** trapdoor spider, that · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A trapdoor spider in a zoo is 40 years old.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t11:1
# text = A trapdoor spider in a zoo is 40 years old.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a trapdoor spider in a zoo |  |  |  | year | old *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that possible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t11:2
# text = Is that possible?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, every spider dies before its first birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t11:o1:1
# text = No, every spider dies before its first birthday
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | every spider |  |  |  | before spider's first birthday |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yes, some trapdoor spiders live over 40 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, some trapdoor spiders live over 40 years
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some trapdoor spiders |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, spiders live only a few weeks, even in zoos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t11:o3:1
# text = No, spiders live only a few weeks, even in zoos
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | spiders |  |  | zoos | week |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, but only if it sleeps through every winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only if it sleeps through every winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | it |  |  |  | winter |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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