--- title: Why does a dead spider curl its legs underneath it? — Spiders, scorpions and other eight-leg… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a dead spider curl its legs underneath it? Test 12 · ★★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Spiders, scorpions and other eight-leg…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures Why does a dead spider curl its legs underneath it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dead spider · **What happens:** curl · **To what, where:** legs This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t12:1 # text = Why does a dead spider curl its legs underneath it? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 curl curl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 underneath underneath ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curl** | present · do-support | a dead spider | spider's legs | | | | underneath it | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | 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} It is pretending to be a ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t12:o1:1 # text = It is pretending to be a ball 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | present · progressive | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a ball | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Its legs are stretched by blood pressure, which is gone ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t12:o2:1 # text = Its legs are stretched by blood pressure, which is gone 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch** | present · passive | blood pressure | Its legs | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | blood pressure | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It always sleeps like that, curled up ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t12:o3:1 # text = It always sleeps like that, curled up 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | It | | | | | like that; always *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **curl up** | participle | | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is trying to keep warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t12:o4:1 # text = It is trying to keep warm 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | It | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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