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description: «do frogs remember being tadpoles?» asks Grace. What is the most honest answer? Test 11 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 right.
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# Test 11 · Life begins: being born and growing up

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«do frogs remember being tadpoles?» asks Grace. What is the most honest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** frogs, Grace, honest answer · **What happens:** remember, be, ask · **To what, where:** tadpoles · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «do frogs remember being tadpoles?» asks Grace.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t11:1
# text = «do frogs remember being tadpoles?» asks Grace.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
3	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
9	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | frogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund |  | tadpoles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Grace |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 the most honest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t11:2
# text = What is the most honest answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the honest answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Frogs forget everything once a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t11:o1:1
# text = Frogs forget everything once a day
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Frogs | everything |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nobody knows, but it is the same animal that changed shape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t11:o2:1
# text = Nobody knows, but it is the same animal that changed shape
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | the same animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | past | the same animal | shape |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, a frog is a different animal from the tadpole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t11:o3:1
# text = No, a frog is a different animal from the tadpole
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a frog | a different animal |  |  |  | from the tadpole | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, frogs have long talks with each other about it in the pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, frogs have long talks with each other about it in the pond
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	talks	talk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | frogs | long talks |  | the pond |  | with each; about it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=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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