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title: In the fairy tale a princess kisses a frog and gets a prince. «worth… — The amphibian room: poison frogs, axol… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the fairy tale a princess kisses a frog and gets a prince. «worth a try?» Test 1 of lesson 89 «The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog rescue» 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 
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# Test 1 · The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog re…

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In the fairy tale a princess kisses a frog and gets a prince. «worth a try?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** kiss, get · **To what, where:** frog, fairy tale, prince

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This is test 1 of lesson 89 «The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog rescue» 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/89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the fairy tale a princess kisses a frog and gets a prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:t1:1
# text = In the fairy tale a princess kisses a frog and gets a prince.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	kisses	kiss	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	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	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 | **kiss** | present | a princess | a frog |  | the fairy tale |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **get** | present | a princess *not said here* | a prince |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=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:* «worth a try?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:t1:2
# text = «worth a try?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	worth	worth	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only green frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only green frogs
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you kiss it at midnight under a full moon, it really works

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you kiss it at midnight under a full moon, it really works
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kiss	kiss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	really	really	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | it |  | a full moon | midnight |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **work** | present | moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only toads turn into princes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:t1:o3:1
# text = Only toads turn into princes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	princes	prince	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** | present | toads |  |  |  |  | into princes *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into prince=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No; it does nothing magic, and some frogs have skin poisons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:t1:o4:1
# text = No; it does nothing magic, and some frogs have skin poisons
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	compound	_	_
6	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	poisons	poison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | it | nothing magic |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | present | some frogs | skin poisons |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Patient |

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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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