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title: A seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September.… — Small creatures and creepy-crawlies · tree and pragmatics
description: A seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September. How many spots do they have? Test 4 · ★ 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 r
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# Test 4 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

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A seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September. How many spots do they have?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spot ladybird, many spots · **What happens:** land, have

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t4:1
# text = A seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ladybird	ladybird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | a spot ladybird |  |  |  | june | on you | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on you=Destination |

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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:* How many spots do they have?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t4:2
# text = How many spots do they have?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Seven each, the spots don't grow with age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t4:o1:1
# text = Seven each, the spots don't grow with age
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow** | present · do-support | the spots |  |  |  | with age |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fewer in September, because their spots fall off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t4:o2:1
# text = Fewer in September, because their spots fall off
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | present | their spots |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It depends on how warm the summer has been

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t4:o3:1
# text = It depends on how warm the summer has been
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | It |  |  |  |  | on warm | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on warm=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present · perfect | the summer |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seven in June, and then more of them by September

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t4:o4:1
# text = Seven in June, and then more of them by September
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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