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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the woodlouse? Exam question 2 of lesson 370 «Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodlice, moths and cockroaches» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodli…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the woodlouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** woodlouse

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 370 «Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodlice, moths and cockroaches» 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/370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the woodlouse?
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	woodlouse	woodlouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 woodlouse |  |  |  | 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 a worm devoid of legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:e2:o1:1
# text = It is a worm devoid of legs
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	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	devoid	devoid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a worm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is a crustacean, related to crabs, possessing fourteen legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:e2:o2:1
# text = It is a crustacean, related to crabs, possessing fourteen legs
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	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crustacean	crustacean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	appos	_	_
11	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a crustacean |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund |  | fourteen legs |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is an insect possessing six legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:e2:o3:1
# text = It is an insect possessing six legs
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	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a insect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | a insect *not said here* | six legs |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a spider possessing eight legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a spider possessing eight legs
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	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a spider |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | a spider *not said here* | eight legs |  |  |  |  | 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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