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title: A boy in Leeds finds a big spider in his room and wants to squash it… — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Leeds finds a big spider in his room and wants to squash it. What could he do instead? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

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A boy in Leeds finds a big spider in his room and wants to squash it. What could he do instead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** find, want, squash, do · **To what, where:** big spider, room, spider

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» of the everyday 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/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Leeds finds a big spider in his room and wants to squash it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t1:1
# text = A boy in Leeds finds a big spider in his room and wants to squash it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	squash	squash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a boy in Leeds | a big spider |  | boy's room |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Topic |
| 2 | **want** | present | a boy in Leeds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **squash** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy in Leeds *not said here* | spider |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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 could he do instead?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t1:2
# text = What could he do instead?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	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 | **do** | could | boy |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Catch it under a glass with a card and put it outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t1:o1:1
# text = Catch it under a glass with a card and put it outside
1	Catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a glass |  | with a card | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* | card |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave the window shut so it cannot get food and dies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t1:o2:1
# text = Leave the window shut so it cannot get food and dies
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the window |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shut** | participle | the window *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **get** | can | window | food |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |
| 4 | **die** | present | window *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Vacuum it up with the lid off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t1:o3:1
# text = Vacuum it up with the lid off
1	Vacuum	vacuum	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vacuum up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with the lid | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask the spider to leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t1:o4:1
# text = Ask the spider to leave
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the spider |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent spider=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the spider *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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