--- title: What would happen if a snake started eating a clutch of red-eyed tre… — Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a snake started eating a clutch of red-eyed tree frog eggs over a pond? Test 9 of lesson 308 «Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs and the goliath frog» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog/) / t9 # Test 9 · Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs… What would happen if a snake started eating a clutch of red-eyed tree frog eggs over a pond? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snake · **What happens:** happen, start, eat, clutch · **To what, where:** clutch, pond, eyed frog eggs This is test 9 of lesson 308 «Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs and the goliath frog» 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/308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog:t9:1 # text = What would happen if a snake started eating a clutch of red-eyed tree frog eggs over a pond? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 clutch clutch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 12 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a snake | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | a snake *not said here* | a clutch of eyed frog eggs | | a pond | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clutch=Patient | | 4 | **clutch** | | | eyed frog eggs | | | | | nom clutch «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} The snake would turn red ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog:t9:o1:1 # text = The snake would turn red 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | the snake | | | | | red *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} All the eggs would freeze ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog:t9:o2:1 # text = All the eggs would freeze 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 freeze freeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | would | all eggs | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Some eggs could hatch early and the tadpoles drop into the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog:t9:o3:1 # text = Some eggs could hatch early and the tadpoles drop into the water 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hatch hatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tadpoles tadpole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hatch** | could | some eggs | | | | | early *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **drop** | present | the tadpoles | | | the water | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} The eggs would grow little legs and run off to hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog:t9:o4:1 # text = The eggs would grow little legs and run off to hide 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | the eggs | little legs | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leg=Theme | | 2 | **run off** | present | the eggs *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | to-infinitive | the eggs *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. - ← previous: [Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog/t8/) - next →: [Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog/t10/) - ↑ back to [Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs and the goliath frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog/)