--- title: A girl in Sydney sees a large spider in the shed. What is the safe c… — Facing fears · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Sydney sees a large spider in the shed. What is the safe choice? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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 was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Facing fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Facing fears A girl in Sydney sees a large spider in the shed. What is the safe choice? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, safe choice · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** large spider, shed This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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/90-facing-fears/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Sydney sees a large spider in the shed. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t8:1 # text = A girl in Sydney sees a large spider in the shed. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Sydney Sydney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 sees see 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 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | a girl in Sydney | a large spider | | the shed | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spider=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the safe choice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t8:2 # text = What is the safe choice? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the safe choice | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Poke it with her finger to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t8:o1:1 # text = Poke it with her finger to see 1 Poke poke 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 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poke** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with her finger | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with finger=Instrument | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pick it up to show her friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t8:o2:1 # text = Pick it up to show her friends 1 Pick pick 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 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | her friends | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Keep away and tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t8:o3:1 # text = Keep away and tell an adult 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ignore it and keep working there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t8:o4:1 # text = Ignore it and keep working there 1 Ignore ignore 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | there | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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