--- title: Why would an eagle that catches big fish need a huge beak? — Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, S… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would an eagle that catches big fish need a huge beak? Test 10 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 option; Mova's choice was wr --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles… Why would an eagle that catches big fish need a huge beak? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eagle · **What happens:** catch, need · **To what, where:** big fish, huge beak This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t10:1 # text = Why would an eagle that catches big fish need a huge beak? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present | a eagle | big fish | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | | 2 | **need** | would | a eagle | a huge beak | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot beak=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 {#o1} To dig a nest in the ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t10:o1:1 # text = To dig a nest in the ice 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 dig dig VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | to-infinitive | | a nest | | the ice | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nest=Theme in ice=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} To sing loudly to its mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t10:o2:1 # text = To sing loudly to its mate 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | its mate | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mate=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To tear apart big, tough, slippery meals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t10:o3:1 # text = To tear apart big, tough, slippery meals 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tear tear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 apart apart ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear apart** | to-infinitive | | big slippery meals | | | | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location meal=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} To scoop the fish out from deep under the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t10:o4:1 # text = To scoop the fish out from deep under the water 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 scoop scoop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scoop out** | to-infinitive | | the fish | | deep | | under the water | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fish=Theme from deep=Trajectory | **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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