--- title: Why can a young frog leave the water but a young tadpole cannot? — Life cycles · tree and pragmatics description: Why can a young frog leave the water but a young tadpole cannot? Test 6 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/25-life-cycles/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Life cycles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/25-life-cycles/) / t6 # Test 6 · Life cycles Why can a young frog leave the water but a young tadpole cannot? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young frog · **What happens:** leave · **To what, where:** water This is test 6 of lesson 25 «Life cycles» of the world 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/world/25-life-cycles/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:t6:1 # text = Why can a young frog leave the water but a young tadpole cannot? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 tadpole tadpole NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | can | a young frog | the water | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | 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} The tadpole has no eyes yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:t6:o1:1 # text = The tadpole has no eyes yet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tadpole tadpole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 yet yet ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the tadpole | no eyes | | | yet | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The frog has lungs and legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:t6:o2:1 # text = The frog has lungs and legs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the frog | lungs and legs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lung=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The tadpole is afraid of land ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:t6:o3:1 # text = The tadpole is afraid of land 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tadpole tadpole NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the tadpole | | | | | of land; afraid *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The frog has bigger gills ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:25-life-cycles:t6:o4:1 # text = The frog has bigger gills 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 gills gill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the frog | bigger gills | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gill=Patient | **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. 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