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title: My mate says spiders are insects cos they're creepy-crawlies. Is he… — Spiders, scorpions and other eight-leg… · tree and pragmatics
description: My mate says spiders are insects cos they're creepy-crawlies. Is he right? Test 1 · ★★ 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 righ
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures

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My mate says spiders are insects cos they're creepy-crawlies. Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, spiders · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** insects · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» 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/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My mate says spiders are insects cos they're creepy-crawlies.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t1:1
# text = My mate says spiders are insects cos they're creepy-crawlies.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	ccomp	_	_
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	crawlies	crawly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | spiders | insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | spiders *= spider* |  |  |  |  | cos creepy crawlies | 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 he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t1:2
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	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 | mate |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only small spiders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only small spiders
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, spiders are crustaceans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t1:o2:1
# text = No, spiders are crustaceans
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	crustaceans	crustacean	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 | crustaceans |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, all the creepy-crawlies in the garden are insects of some kind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, all the creepy-crawlies in the garden are insects of some kind
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	crawlies	crawly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | all creepy crawlies in the garden | insects |  |  |  | of some kind | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, spiders are arachnids with eight legs and two body parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t1:o4:1
# text = No, spiders are arachnids with eight legs and two body parts
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	arachnids	arachnid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | spiders | arachnids and two body parts |  |  |  | with eight legs | tree rules |

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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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