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title: In a game, a grasshopper spins a chrysalis before it gets wings. Wha… — Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, b… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game, a grasshopper spins a chrysalis before it gets wings. What is wrong? Test 9 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
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# Test 9 · Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird

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In a game, a grasshopper spins a chrysalis before it gets wings. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grasshopper · **What happens:** spin, get, be · **To what, where:** chrysalis, game, wings

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game, a grasshopper spins a chrysalis before it gets wings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t9:1
# text = In a game, a grasshopper spins a chrysalis before it gets wings.
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grasshopper	grasshopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chrysalis	chrysalis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | a grasshopper | a chrysalis |  | a game |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent chrysalis=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | grasshopper | wings |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus |

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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 is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t9:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, that is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t9:o1:1
# text = Nothing, that is right
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Grasshoppers never get wings and only ever hop about in the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t9:o2:1
# text = Grasshoppers never get wings and only ever hop about in the grass
1	Grasshoppers	grasshopper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	hop	hop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present | Grasshoppers | wings |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hop** | infinitive | Grasshoppers *not said here* |  |  |  | ever | about the grass | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about grass=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grasshoppers hatch from frogspawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t9:o3:1
# text = Grasshoppers hatch from frogspawn
1	Grasshoppers	grasshopper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hatch	hatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	frogspawn	frogspawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present | Grasshoppers |  |  |  |  | from frogspawn | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent from frogspawn=Patient |

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

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Grasshoppers have no pupa: nymphs moult and get wings at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:t9:o4:1
# text = Grasshoppers have no pupa: nymphs moult and get wings at the end
1	Grasshoppers	grasshopper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	pupa	pupa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	moult	moult	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Grasshoppers | no pupa |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupa=Patient |
| 2 | **moult** | present | nymphs |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | present | nymphs *not said here* | wings |  |  | at the end |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent wing=Theme at end=Asset |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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