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title: In a cartoon a caterpillar goes into a cocoon, and the very same cat… — Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, b… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a caterpillar goes into a cocoon, and the very same caterpillar crawls out with wings glued on. What really happens? Test 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 
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# Test 2 · Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird

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In a cartoon a caterpillar goes into a cocoon, and the very same caterpillar crawls out with wings glued on. What really happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** caterpillar, same caterpillar · **What happens:** go, crawl out, glue on, happen · **To what, where:** cartoon, wings

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This is test 2 of lesson 48 «Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird» 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/48-life-cycles-metamorphosis/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a caterpillar goes into a cocoon, and the very same caterpillar crawls out with wings glued on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a caterpillar goes into a cocoon, and the very same caterpillar crawls out with wings glued on.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cocoon	cocoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	crawls	crawl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	glued	glue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a caterpillar |  |  | a cartoon |  | into a cocoon | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into cocoon=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **crawl out** | present | the same caterpillar |  |  |  |  | with wings | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with wing=Theme |
| 3 | **glue on** | participle |  | wings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t2:2
# text = What really happens?
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Most of its body breaks down and a butterfly is built from it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t2:o1:1
# text = Most of its body breaks down and a butterfly is built from it
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break down** | present | Most of its body |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **build** | present · passive |  | a butterfly |  | body |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from it=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The caterpillar swaps places with a butterfly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t2:o2:1
# text = The caterpillar swaps places with a butterfly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swaps	swap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | present | the caterpillar | places |  |  |  | with a butterfly | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent place=Theme with butterfly=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing changes inside, it only gets a new skin and a pair of wings

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing changes inside, it only gets a new skin and a pair of wings
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | present | it | a new skin and a pair of wings |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The caterpillar just grows two pairs of wings on its back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t2:o4:1
# text = The caterpillar just grows two pairs of wings on its back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the caterpillar | two pairs of wings |  | caterpillar's back |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pair=Theme |

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