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title: In a game your axolotl pet grows up into a lizard and walks out of t… — Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game your axolotl pet grows up into a lizard and walks out of the tank. What really happens to axolotls? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 32 «Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 8 · ★ · Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders

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In a game your axolotl pet grows up into a lizard and walks out of the tank. What really happens to axolotls?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** axolotl pet · **What happens:** grow up, walk out, happen · **To what, where:** game, tank

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 32 «Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders» 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/32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game your axolotl pet grows up into a lizard and walks out of the tank.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t8:1
# text = In a game your axolotl pet grows up into a lizard and walks out of the tank.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	axolotl	axolotl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | present | your axolotl pet |  |  | a game |  | into a lizard | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in game=Location |
| 2 | **walk out** | present | your axolotl pet *not said here* | the tank |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tank=Attribute |

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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:* What really happens to axolotls?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t8:2
# text = What really happens to axolotls?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	axolotls	axolotl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to axolotls | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They become fish when they are grown up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t8:o1:1
# text = They become fish when they are grown up
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | They | fish |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **grow up** | present · passive |  | fish |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They keep their gills and stay in water all their lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t8:o2:1
# text = They keep their gills and stay in water all their lives
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	gills	gill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | They | their gills |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gill=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | They *not said here* | gills's lives |  | water |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They all turn into frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t8:o3:1
# text = They all turn into frogs
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | They |  |  |  |  | into frogs *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into frog=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They grow wings at age two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders:t8:o4:1
# text = They grow wings at age two
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | They | wings |  |  | at age |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme |

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