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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the circumstances in which venomous snakes and spiders commonly bite? Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the circumstances in which venomous snakes and spiders commonly bite?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** circumstances

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the circumstances in which venomous snakes and spiders commonly bite?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	14	det	_	_
13	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	commonly	commonly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the circumstances  which venomous snakes and spiders |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Without any provocation whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e1:o1:1
# text = Without any provocation whatsoever
1	Without	without	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	provocation	provocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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When a person walks past at a distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e1:o2:1
# text = When a person walks past at a distance
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	past	past	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | at a distance; past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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When they are stepped upon, touched or cornered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e1:o3:1
# text = When they are stepped upon, touched or cornered
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	stepped	step	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cornered	corner	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **corner** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only in the hours of darkness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:e1:o4:1
# text = Only in the hours of darkness
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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