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# Test 1 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301…

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«my brother says spiders are insects cos they're creepy crawlies» What is the best correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, spiders, best correction · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** insects · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» 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/400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t1:1
# text = «my brother says spiders are insects cos they're creepy crawlies» What is the best correction?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	_
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	crawlies	crawly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	appos	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | spiders | insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | spiders *= spider* |  |  |  |  | cos creepy crawlies | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best correction | insects |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Spiders are tiny crabs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t1:o1:1
# text = Spiders are tiny crabs
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	crabs	crab	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 | tiny crabs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Spiders have eight legs, insects have six, so spiders are not insects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t1:o2:1
# text = Spiders have eight legs, insects have six, so spiders are not insects
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Spiders | eight legs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | insects | six |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | spiders | insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spiders are insects without wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t1:o3:1
# text = Spiders are insects without wings
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spiders | insects |  |  |  | without wings | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Right, all crawling things are insects, whatever number of legs they have

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t1:o4:1
# text = Right, all crawling things are insects, whatever number of legs they have
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	crawling	crawl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | all crawling things | insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | things *= thing* | legs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

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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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