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title: What would happen to tadpoles in a pond kept in deep shade instead o… — Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, b… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to tadpoles in a pond kept in deep shade instead of sun? Test 5 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 wron
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# Test 5 · Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird

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What would happen to tadpoles in a pond kept in deep shade instead of sun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, keep · **To what, where:** pond, deep shade

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t5:1
# text = What would happen to tadpoles in a pond kept in deep shade instead of sun?
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | a pond |  | to tadpoles | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pond=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  | a pond *not said here* |  | deep shade |  | instead sun | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in shade=Location |

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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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They would never hatch at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t5:o1:1
# text = They would never hatch at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hatch	hatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hatch** | would | They |  |  | all |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They would turn into toads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t5:o2:1
# text = They would turn into toads
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	toads	toad	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** | would | They |  |  |  |  | into toads *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into toad=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They would grow faster because they stay cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t5:o3:1
# text = They would grow faster because they stay cool
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | They |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | present | they |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They would grow more slowly and become froglets later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t5:o4:1
# text = They would grow more slowly and become froglets later
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	froglets	froglet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | They |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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