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title: In a quiz cartoon, a spider says "I'm proud to be an insect!" What's… — When the teacher gets it wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: In a quiz cartoon, a spider says "I'm proud to be an insect!" What's the correction? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · When the teacher gets it wrong

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In a quiz cartoon, a spider says "I'm proud to be an insect!" What's the correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spider, correction · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** quiz cartoon, insect · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a quiz cartoon, a spider says "I'm proud to be an insect!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t9:1
# text = In a quiz cartoon, a spider says "I'm proud to be an insect!"
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	quiz	quiz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a spider |  |  | a quiz cartoon |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a spider *= spider* |  |  |  |  | proud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a spider *= spider* *not said here* | a insect |  |  |  |  | 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:* What's the correction?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t9:2
# text = What's the correction?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the correction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Spiders are baby crabs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t9:o1:1
# text = Spiders are baby 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	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
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 | baby crabs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spiders are a kind of worm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t9:o2:1
# text = Spiders are a kind of worm
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spiders | a kind |  |  |  | of worm | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spiders are insects, so the cartoon got it right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t9:o3:1
# text = Spiders are insects, so the cartoon got it right
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spiders | insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | the cartoon | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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

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Spiders are arachnids, with eight legs not six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t9:o4:1
# text = Spiders are arachnids, with eight legs not six
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	arachnids	arachnid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spiders | arachnids |  |  |  | with eight legs  six | tree rules |

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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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