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title: In a Tarzan cartoon, an eagle is shown flying over an empty, sunny f… — The rainforest from the top: emergent… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a Tarzan cartoon, an eagle is shown flying over an empty, sunny forest floor. Where would a real harpy eagle hunt? Test 7 of lesson 2 «The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 7 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

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In a Tarzan cartoon, an eagle is shown flying over an empty, sunny forest floor. Where would a real harpy eagle hunt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** show, fly · **To what, where:** eagle, Tarzan cartoon, empty sunny forest floor

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This is test 7 of lesson 2 «The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy» of the biology 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/biology/2-the-rainforest-from-the-top/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a Tarzan cartoon, an eagle is shown flying over an empty, sunny forest floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t7:1
# text = In a Tarzan cartoon, an eagle is shown flying over an empty, sunny forest floor.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Tarzan	Tarzan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
13	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · passive |  | a eagle |  | a Tarzan cartoon |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  | a empty sunny forest floor |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over floor=Location |

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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:* Where would a real harpy eagle hunt?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t7:2
# text = Where would a real harpy eagle hunt?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	harpy	harpy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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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Only in open grassland, far from trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t7:o1:1
# text = Only in open grassland, far from trees
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Through the canopy, swooping from the tallest trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t7:o2:1
# text = Through the canopy, swooping from the tallest trees
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	canopy	canopy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	swooping	swoop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop** | gerund | the canopy *not said here* |  |  | the tallest trees |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Over the sea, catching fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t7:o3:1
# text = Over the sea, catching fish
1	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | gerund |  | fish |  | the sea |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only on the ground among roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t7:o4:1
# text = Only on the ground among roots
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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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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