--- title: Identify the correct order of the stages in the life of a butterfly. — Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, b… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the correct order of the stages in the life of a butterfly. Exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/48-life-cycles-metamorphosis/e2/) [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/) / [Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/48-life-cycles-metamorphosis/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird Identify the correct order of the stages in the life of a butterfly. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, order · **To what, where:** correct order, stages This is exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird» 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/48-life-cycles-metamorphosis/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e2:1 # text = Identify the correct order of the stages in the life of a butterfly. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stages stage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct order of the stages in the life of a butterfly | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **order** | | | the stages in the life of a butterfly | | | | | nom order «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Caterpillar, egg, adult, chrysalis ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e2:o1:1 # text = Caterpillar, egg, adult, chrysalis 1 Caterpillar caterpillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 chrysalis chrysalis NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Chrysalis, egg, caterpillar, adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e2:o2:1 # text = Chrysalis, egg, caterpillar, adult 1 Chrysalis chrysalis NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 caterpillar caterpillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Egg, chrysalis, caterpillar, adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e2:o3:1 # text = Egg, chrysalis, caterpillar, adult 1 Egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 chrysalis chrysalis NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 caterpillar caterpillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e2:o4:1 # text = Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult 1 Egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 caterpillar caterpillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 chrysalis chrysalis NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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