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title: "Saw a daddy longlegs in the bath. MOST POISONOUS SPIDER, get out!!"… — Small creatures and creepy-crawlies · tree and pragmatics
description: "Saw a daddy longlegs in the bath. MOST POISONOUS SPIDER, get out!!" What do you say? Test 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

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"Saw a daddy longlegs in the bath. MOST POISONOUS SPIDER, get out!!" What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** MOST POISONOUS SPIDER, you · **What happens:** see, get out, say · **To what, where:** daddy longlegs, bath · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Saw a daddy longlegs in the bath.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t1:1
# text = "Saw a daddy longlegs in the bath.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	daddy	daddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	longlegs	longleg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | a daddy longlegs |  | the bath |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer longleg=Stimulus |

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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:* MOST POISONOUS SPIDER, get out!!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t1:2
# text = MOST POISONOUS SPIDER, get out!!"
1	MOST	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	POISONOUS	POISONOUS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	SPIDER	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | infinitive | MOST POISONOUS SPIDER |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What do you say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t1:3
# text = What do you say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Spray it, it bites everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t1:o1:1
# text = Spray it, it bites everyone
1	Spray	spray	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spray** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **bite** | present | it | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It can't bite but it can sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t1:o2:1
# text = It can't bite but it can sting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bite** | can | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sting** | can | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Run away fast, because just one bite from it is deadly to people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t1:o3:1
# text = Run away fast, because just one bite from it is deadly to people
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | one bite from it |  |  |  |  | to people; deadly *property* | tree rules |

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

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It's harmless to us; just leave it, it eats other spiders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t1:o4:1
# text = It's harmless to us; just leave it, it eats other spiders
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  | us |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | present | it | other spiders |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Patient |

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