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title: «why'd a hunter bother diving, just fly straight at the hare» What i… — Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, S… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why'd a hunter bother diving, just fly straight at the hare» What is the best answer? Test 6 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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# Test 6 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles…

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«why'd a hunter bother diving, just fly straight at the hare» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bother diving · **What happens:** fly, be · **To what, where:** best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t6:1
# text = «why'd a hunter bother diving, just fly straight at the hare» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bother	bother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	parataxis	_	_
11	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** *in a quote* | would | a bother diving |  |  |  |  | at the hare; straight *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hare=Location |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best answer |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Diving helps keep the eagle nice and warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t6:o1:1
# text = Diving helps keep the eagle nice and warm
1	Diving	dive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive |  | the eagle |  |  |  | nice *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme |

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

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Diving builds speed and surprise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t6:o2:1
# text = Diving builds speed and surprise
1	Diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | Diving | speed and surprise |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speed=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Eagles are scared of hares on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t6:o3:1
# text = Eagles are scared of hares on the ground
1	Eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Eagles |  |  |  |  | of hares on the ground; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Flying straight is faster than diving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t6:o4:1
# text = Flying straight is faster than diving
1	Flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	diving	dive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Flying |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dive** | gerund | Flying *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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