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title: State, in the correct order, the stages in the life cycle of a frog. — Life cycles · tree and pragmatics
description: State, in the correct order, the stages in the life cycle of a frog. Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Life cycles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Life cycles

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State, in the correct order, the stages in the life cycle of a frog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Life cycles» of the world 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/world/25-life-cycles/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:e1:1
# text = State, in the correct order, the stages in the life cycle of a frog.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stages	stage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:e1:o1:1
# text = Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult frog
1	Egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	chrysalis	chrysalis	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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tadpole, egg, froglet, adult frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:e1:o2:1
# text = Tadpole, egg, froglet, adult frog
1	Tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	froglet	froglet	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 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:e1:o3:1
# text = Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog
1	Egg	egg	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	froglet	froglet	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 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Egg, froglet, tadpole, adult frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:e1:o4:1
# text = Egg, froglet, tadpole, adult frog
1	Egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	froglet	froglet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tadpole	tadpole	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.

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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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