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description: In a cartoon a silkworm knits a jumper with knitting needles. What does a real silkworm do? Test 5 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 5 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed

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In a cartoon a silkworm knits a jumper with knitting needles. What does a real silkworm do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** silkworm · **What happens:** knit, do · **To what, where:** jumper, real silkworm do

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This is test 5 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a silkworm knits a jumper with knitting needles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon a silkworm knits a jumper with knitting needles.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	silkworm	silkworm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knits	knit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jumper	jumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	knitting	knitting	NOUN	NN	_	11	compound	_	_
11	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knit** | present | a silkworm | a jumper |  |  |  | with knitting needles; in a cartoon | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent jumper=Patient in cartoon=Topic |

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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:* What does a real silkworm do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t5:2
# text = What does a real silkworm do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	silkworm	silkworm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	do	do	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | a real silkworm do |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Spins one long thread round itself to make a cocoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t5:o1:1
# text = Spins one long thread round itself to make a cocoon
1	Spins	spin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cocoon	cocoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a cocoon |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cocoon=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Weaves cloth for people on a tiny loom of leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t5:o2:1
# text = Weaves cloth for people on a tiny loom of leaves
1	Weaves	weave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	loom	loom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spins webs to catch flies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t5:o3:1
# text = Spins webs to catch flies
1	Spins	spin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	webs	web	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive |  | flies |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Knits silk with its front legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t5:o4:1
# text = Knits silk with its front legs
1	Knits	knit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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