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description: Identify the principal sequence of development in the life cycle of the frog. Exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr
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# Exam question 4 · Life begins: being born and growing up

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Identify the principal sequence of development in the life cycle of the frog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal sequence, life cycle

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal sequence of development in the life cycle of the frog.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	development	development	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal sequence of development |  | the life cycle of the frog |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Froglet, tadpole, frogspawn, adult frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:e4:o1:1
# text = Froglet, tadpole, frogspawn, adult frog
1	Froglet	froglet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	frogspawn	frogspawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Adult frog, froglet, frogspawn, tadpole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:e4:o2:1
# text = Adult frog, froglet, frogspawn, tadpole
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	froglet	froglet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	frogspawn	frogspawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Frogspawn, tadpole, froglet, adult frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:e4:o3:1
# text = Frogspawn, tadpole, froglet, adult frog
1	Frogspawn	Frogspawn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	froglet	froglet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tadpole, adult frog, frogspawn, froglet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:e4:o4:1
# text = Tadpole, adult frog, frogspawn, froglet
1	Tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	frogspawn	frogspawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	froglet	froglet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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