--- title: A frog sits still and an insect flies near. What happens next? — Fish, frogs and reptiles · tree and pragmatics description: A frog sits still and an insect flies near. What happens next? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» 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/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/t8/) [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/) / [Fish, frogs and reptiles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fish, frogs and reptiles A frog sits still and an insect flies near. What happens next? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** frog, insect · **What happens:** sit, fly, happen This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» 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/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A frog sits still and an insect flies near. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t8:1 # text = A frog sits still and an insect flies near. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 insect insect NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 near near ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | a frog | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fly** | present | a insect | | | | | near *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What happens next? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t8:2 # text = What happens next? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 next next ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The frog shoots out its long, sticky tongue ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t8:o1:1 # text = The frog shoots out its long, sticky tongue 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shoots shoot VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 sticky sticky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot out** | present | the frog | frog's long sticky tongue | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The frog stings it with poison ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t8:o2:1 # text = The frog stings it with poison 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stings sting VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | present | the frog | it | | | | with poison | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with poison=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} The frog chases it with its claws ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t8:o3:1 # text = The frog chases it with its claws 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chases chase VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | present | the frog | it | | | | with frog's claws | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The frog waits for it to land in its mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:t8:o4:1 # text = The frog waits for it to land in its mouth 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waits wait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | present | the frog | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **land** | to-infinitive | frog | | | frog's mouth | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in mouth=Destination | **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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