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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the anatomy of a spider? Exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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 wrong
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# Exam question 1 · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the anatomy of a spider?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** anatomy

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» of the myths 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/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the anatomy of a spider?
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	anatomy	anatomy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 anatomy of a spider |  |  |  | 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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It possesses eight legs, three body regions and wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e1:o1:1
# text = It possesses eight legs, three body regions and wings
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | It | eight legs and three body regions and wings |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It possesses six legs and no distinct body regions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e1:o2:1
# text = It possesses six legs and no distinct body regions
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
7	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | It | six legs and no distinct body regions |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It possesses six legs, three body regions, a pair of antennae and wings

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e1:o3:1
# text = It possesses six legs, three body regions, a pair of antennae and wings
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	antennae	antennae	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | It | six legs and three body regions and a pair of antennae and wings |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It possesses eight legs, two body regions and no antennae

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e1:o4:1
# text = It possesses eight legs, two body regions and no antennae
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	antennae	antennae	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | It | eight legs and two body regions and no antennae |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme |

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