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# Exam question 3 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the vulnerability of the harpy eagle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** vulnerability

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the vulnerability of the harpy eagle?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vulnerability	vulnerability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	harpy	harpy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the vulnerability of the harpy eagle |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Its diet consists solely of a single plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e3:o1:1
# text = Its diet consists solely of a single plant
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | Its diet |  |  |  |  | of a single plant; solely *property* | tree rules |

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

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Its slow rate of reproduction impedes the recovery of its numbers following losses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e3:o2:1
# text = Its slow rate of reproduction impedes the recovery of its numbers following losses
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	reproduction	reproduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	impedes	impede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	losses	loss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impede** | present | Its slow rate of reproduction | the recovery of rate's numbers |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer recovery=Eventuality |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | rate's numbers *not said here* | losses |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loss=Theme |
| 3 | **recover** |  | rate's numbers |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is incapable of flight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e3:o3:1
# text = It is incapable of flight
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | incapable |  |  |  | of flight | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its large clutches of eggs render it vulnerable to overcrowding and to shortages of prey

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e3:o4:1
# text = Its large clutches of eggs render it vulnerable to overcrowding and to shortages of prey
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clutches	clutch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	vulnerable	vulnerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	overcrowding	overcrowd	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	shortages	shortage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | Its large clutches of eggs | it |  |  |  | vulnerable *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **overcrowd** | gerund | Its large clutches of eggs *not said here* | shortages of prey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **clutch** |  | Its *= it* | eggs |  |  |  |  | nom clutch «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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