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title: A sailor finds tiny spiders landing on his ship far out at sea. How… — Spiders, scorpions and other eight-leg… · tree and pragmatics
description: A sailor finds tiny spiders landing on his ship far out at sea. How did they get there? Test 8 · ★★ 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 ch
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures

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A sailor finds tiny spiders landing on his ship far out at sea. How did they get there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sailor, tiny spiders, spiders · **What happens:** find, land, get · **To what, where:** tiny spiders, ship

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sailor finds tiny spiders landing on his ship far out at sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t8:1
# text = A sailor finds tiny spiders landing on his ship far out at sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	landing	land	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a sailor | tiny spiders |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Topic |
| 2 | **land** | gerund | tiny spiders *not said here* |  |  | sailor's ship |  | at sea; out *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on ship=Destination |

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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:* How did they get there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t8:2
# text = How did they get there?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | spiders *= spider* |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They lived in the sails since the ship was built

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t8:o1:1
# text = They lived in the sails since the ship was built
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  | the sails |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sail=Location |
| 2 | **build** | past · passive |  | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By ballooning on silk threads in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t8:o2:1
# text = By ballooning on silk threads in the air
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ballooning	balloon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **balloon** | gerund |  |  |  | silk threads in the air |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were in the fish he caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t8:o3:1
# text = They were in the fish he caught
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | in the fish | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | past | fish | the fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They swam from the shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:t8:o4:1
# text = They swam from the shore
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | They |  |  | the shore |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from shore=Trajectory |

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