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title: Your big sister whispers at a sleepover that eight spiders a year cr… — What really happens to things you swal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your big sister whispers at a sleepover that eight spiders a year crawl into your mouth. Which question shows the story is shaky? Test 2 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 2 · What really happens to things you swallow

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Your big sister whispers at a sleepover that eight spiders a year crawl into your mouth. Which question shows the story is shaky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big sister, that, question, story · **What happens:** whisper, spider, show, be · **To what, where:** sleepover, year crawl · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths 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/myths/1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your big sister whispers at a sleepover that eight spiders a year crawl into your mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t2:1
# text = Your big sister whispers at a sleepover that eight spiders a year crawl into your mouth.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	whispers	whisper	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	crawl	crawl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Your big sister |  |  | a sleepover |  | into your mouth | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into mouth=Recipient |
| 2 | **spider** |  | that | a year crawl |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which question shows the story is shaky?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t2:2
# text = Which question shows the story is shaky?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	shaky	shaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which question |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the story |  |  |  |  | shaky *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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How many legs does each of the eight spiders have?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t2:o1:1
# text = How many legs does each of the eight spiders have?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | many legs  each |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Do the spiders prefer open or closed mouths?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t2:o2:1
# text = Do the spiders prefer open or closed mouths?
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | infinitive · do-support | the spiders | open mouths |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouth=Stimulus |
| 2 | **close** | participle | the spiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Which month do the most spiders crawl in?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t2:o3:1
# text = Which month do the most spiders crawl in?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	crawl	crawl	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which month |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crawl** | present | the most spiders |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Who has ever counted spiders going into sleepers?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t2:o4:1
# text = Who has ever counted spiders going into sleepers?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present · perfect · passive |  | spiders |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | spiders *not said here* |  |  | sleepers |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into sleeper=Initial\_Location |

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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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