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title: Why would a frog bother to feed its tadpoles its own eggs in a brome… — The South American area: sloths, antea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would a frog bother to feed its tadpoles its own eggs in a bromeliad pool? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 108 «The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and giant otters» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and g…

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Why would a frog bother to feed its tadpoles its own eggs in a bromeliad pool?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** feed · **To what, where:** own eggs, tadpoles, bromeliad pool

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 108 «The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and giant otters» of the biology 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/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t11:1
# text = Why would a frog bother to feed its tadpoles its own eggs in a bromeliad pool?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bother	bother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	bromeliad	bromeliad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  | bother's own eggs | bother's tadpoles | a bromeliad pool |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tadpole=Recipient egg=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It is getting rid of bad eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t11:o1:1
# text = It is getting rid of bad eggs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tadpoles only like eggs from other frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t11:o2:1
# text = Tadpoles only like eggs from other frogs
1	Tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eggs keep the water warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t11:o3:1
# text = The eggs keep the water warm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the eggs | the water |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

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

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The tiny pool has almost no other food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters:t11:o4:1
# text = The tiny pool has almost no other food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the tiny pool | no other food |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

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