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title: «big spider in the bath, it came up the plughole, I'm never showerin… — Minibeasts in the house: house spiders… · tree and pragmatics
description: «big spider in the bath, it came up the plughole, I'm never showering again» What is true? Test 1 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 questio
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# Test 1 · Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodli…

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«big spider in the bath, it came up the plughole, I'm never showering again» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big spider, I · **What happens:** come up, not shower, be · **To what, where:** plughole

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This is test 1 of lesson 370 «Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodlice, moths and cockroaches» 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/370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:t1:1
# text = «big spider in the bath, it came up the plughole, I'm never showering again» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plughole	plughole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	showering	shower	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** *in a quote* | past | big spider in the bath | the plughole |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plughole=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **shower** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  | again |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *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 live inside the taps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:t1:o1:1
# text = Spiders live inside the taps
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	taps	tap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Spiders |  |  | the taps |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside tap=Location |

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

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It almost certainly fell in; the water trap stops spiders coming up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:t1:o2:1
# text = It almost certainly fell in; the water trap stops spiders coming up
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | past | It |  |  |  |  | certainly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | the water trap | spiders |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality spider=Eventuality |
| 3 | **come up** | gerund | spiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was sent by the neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:t1:o3:1
# text = It was sent by the neighbours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive | the neighbours | It |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spiders swim up drains every night looking for warm baths to sleep in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:370-minibeasts-in-the-house-house-spiders-silverfish-woodlice-moths-and-cockroaches:t1:o4:1
# text = Spiders swim up drains every night looking for warm baths to sleep in
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim up** | present | Spiders | drains |  |  | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drain=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | Spiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for warm baths | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bath=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep in** | to-infinitive | Spiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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