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title: Identify the principal distinction between spiders and insects. — The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal distinction between spiders and insects. Exam question 2 of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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 right.
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# Exam question 2 · The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals

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Identify the principal distinction between spiders and insects.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal distinction

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal distinction between spiders and insects.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal distinction |  |  |  | between spiders and insects | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Spiders possess eight legs and two body parts, insects six legs and three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e2:o1:1
# text = Spiders possess eight legs and two body parts, insects six legs and three
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	appos	_	_
11	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Spiders | eight legs and two body parts |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spiders possess wings, insects possess none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e2:o2:1
# text = Spiders possess wings, insects possess none
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Spiders | wings |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wing=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | present | insects | none |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot none=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spiders are vertebrates, insects are invertebrates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e2:o3:1
# text = Spiders are vertebrates, insects are invertebrates
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	vertebrates	vertebrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	invertebrates	invertebrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spiders | vertebrates and insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | vertebrates and insects | invertebrates |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spiders possess six legs and three body parts, insects eight legs and two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e2:o4:1
# text = Spiders possess six legs and three body parts, insects eight legs and two
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	appos	_	_
11	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Spiders | six legs and three body parts |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

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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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