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description: Identify the principal reason for which a common frog deposits a very large number of eggs in a single clump. Exam question 1 of lesson 333 «The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees and nesting birds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 1 · The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees an…

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Identify the principal reason for which a common frog deposits a very large number of eggs in a single clump.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, common frog · **What happens:** identify, deposit · **To what, where:** principal reason, large number, single clump

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 333 «The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees and nesting birds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a common frog deposits a very large number of eggs in a single clump.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	deposits	deposit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	clump	clump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **deposit** | present | a common frog | a large number of eggs |  | a single clump |  | for the principal reason | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent number=Theme in clump=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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All of the eggs are certain to mature into adult frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e1:o1:1
# text = All of the eggs are certain to mature into adult frogs
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	mature	mature	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | All |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mature** | to-infinitive | All *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into adult frogs | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient into frog=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The eggs are required to fill the pond with jelly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e1:o2:1
# text = The eggs are required to fill the pond with jelly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | the eggs |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fill** | to-infinitive |  | the pond |  |  |  | with jelly | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pond=Patient with jelly=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The female frog is unable to regulate the number of eggs owing to the cold

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e1:o3:1
# text = The female frog is unable to regulate the number of eggs owing to the cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	regulate	regulate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the female frog |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **regulate** | to-infinitive | the female frog *not said here* | the number of eggs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **owe** | gerund | eggs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the cold *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to cold=Goal |

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

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Only a small proportion of the eggs survive to become adult frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e1:o4:1
# text = Only a small proportion of the eggs survive to become adult frogs
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	survive	survive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | present | a small proportion of the eggs |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | a small proportion of the eggs *not said here* | adult frogs |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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