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title: «saw a vid of an eagle grabbing a toddler in a park, crazy» What is… — Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, S… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles…

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«saw a vid of an eagle grabbing a toddler in a park, crazy» What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eagle, best reply · **What happens:** see, grab, be · **To what, where:** vid, toddler, park · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t1:1
# text = «saw a vid of an eagle grabbing a toddler in a park, crazy» What is the best reply?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vid	vid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	grabbing	grab	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	parataxis	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | a vid of a eagle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** *in a quote* | gerund | a eagle *not said here* | a toddler |  | a park |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toddler=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | 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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True, but only bald eagles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t1:o1:1
# text = True, but only bald eagles
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True, eagles do it all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t1:o2:1
# text = True, eagles do it all the time
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | True eagles | it |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That famous video was a computer fake; eagles cannot lift a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t1:o3:1
# text = That famous video was a computer fake; eagles cannot lift a child
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fake	fake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that famous video | a computer fake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **lift** | can | eagles | a child |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was real, the child was on holiday and the eagle let go over a lake

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t1:o4:1
# text = It was real, the child was on holiday and the eagle let go over a lake
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the child |  |  | holiday and the eagle |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  | a lake |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over lake=Initial\_Location |

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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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