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title: Identify the means by which juvenile spiders disperse through the air. — Spiders, scorpions and other eight-leg… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the means by which juvenile spiders disperse through the air. Exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» 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 wron
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# Exam question 2 · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures

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Identify the means by which juvenile spiders disperse through the air.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the, juvenile spiders · **What happens:** identify, mean, disperse · **To what, where:** air · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» 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/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e2:1
# text = Identify the means by which juvenile spiders disperse through the air.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	disperse	disperse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **disperse** | present | juvenile spiders |  |  | the air |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The use of rudimentary wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e2:o1:1
# text = The use of rudimentary wings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	rudimentary	rudimentary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** |  |  | rudimentary wings |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Attachment to the feathers of migrating birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e2:o2:1
# text = Attachment to the feathers of migrating birds
1	Attachment	attachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	migrating	migrate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **migrate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leaping from great heights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e2:o3:1
# text = Leaping from great heights
1	Leaping	leap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	heights	height	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leap** | gerund |  |  |  | great heights |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from height=Trajectory |

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

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The release of silk threads borne upon the breeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e2:o4:1
# text = The release of silk threads borne upon the breeze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | silk threads *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the breeze | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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