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title: Identify the part of the body with which an eagle principally kills… — Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the part of the body with which an eagle principally kills its prey. Exam question 1 of lesson 323 «Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles and eagle eyes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 1 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles…

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Identify the part of the body with which an eagle principally kills its prey.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, eagle · **What happens:** identify, kill · **To what, where:** part, prey

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 323 «Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles and eagle eyes» of the biology 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/biology/323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e1:1
# text = Identify the part of the body with which an eagle principally kills its prey.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the part of the body |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | present | a eagle | eagle's prey |  |  |  | with the part of the body; principally *property* | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent prey=Patient with which=Instrument |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The hooked beak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e1:o1:1
# text = The hooked beak
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hooked	hook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hook** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme |

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

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The feet, equipped with four talons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e1:o2:1
# text = The feet, equipped with four talons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	equipped	equip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	talons	talon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **equip** | participle · passive |  | the feet |  |  |  | with four talons | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with talon=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The leading edge of the wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e1:o3:1
# text = The leading edge of the wings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The feathers of the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e1:o4:1
# text = The feathers of the tail
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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