--- title: Ascertain the reason for which falconers among the Kazakh people pri… — Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, S… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the reason for which falconers among the Kazakh people principally employ female golden eagles. Exam question 4 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes/e4/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, S…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles… Ascertain the reason for which falconers among the Kazakh people principally employ female golden eagles. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, falconers · **What happens:** ascertain, employ · **To what, where:** reason, female golden eagles This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the reason for which falconers among the Kazakh people principally employ female golden eagles. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 falconers falconer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Kazakh Kazakh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 principally principally ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 employ employ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 13 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **employ** | present | which falconers among the Kazakh people | female golden eagles | | | | principally *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=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} Females require no food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e4:o1:1 # text = Females require no food 1 Females female NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 require require VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present | Females | no food | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Precondition | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Females are larger and more powerful than males ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e4:o2:1 # text = Females are larger and more powerful than males 1 Females female NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 males male NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Females | | | | | than males; large *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Females *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Females possess a superior voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e4:o3:1 # text = Females possess a superior voice 1 Females female NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | Females | a superior voice | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot voice=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Females are incapable of escaping ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:e4:o4:1 # text = Females are incapable of escaping 1 Females female NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 incapable incapable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 escaping escape VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Females | | | | | incapable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **escape** | gerund | Females *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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