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title: Hunters shoot a few harpy eagles each year in a forest. Why does thi… — Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hunters shoot a few harpy eagles each year in a forest. Why does this hurt the harpies more than it would hurt sparrows? Test 8 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 pragma
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# Test 8 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles…

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Hunters shoot a few harpy eagles each year in a forest. Why does this hurt the harpies more than it would hurt sparrows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hunters, this, forest · **What happens:** shoot, hurt · **To what, where:** few harpy eagles, forest, more, sparrows

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hunters shoot a few harpy eagles each year in a forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t8:1
# text = Hunters shoot a few harpy eagles each year in a forest.
1	Hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shoot	shoot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	harpy	harpy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | present | Hunters | a few harpy eagles |  | a forest | year |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme in forest=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does this hurt the harpies more than it would hurt sparrows?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t8:2
# text = Why does this hurt the harpies more than it would hurt sparrows?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	harpies	harpy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
8	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · do-support | this | more |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Patient |
| 2 | **hurt** | would | forest | sparrows |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sparrow=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Harpies are smaller than sparrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t8:o1:1
# text = Harpies are smaller than sparrows
1	Harpies	harpy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Harpies |  |  |  |  | than sparrows; small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sparrows also eat harpy eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t8:o2:1
# text = Sparrows also eat harpy eggs
1	Sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	harpy	harpy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Sparrows | harpy eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Harpies cannot see hunters coming, because their eyes are weaker than a sparrow's

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t8:o3:1
# text = Harpies cannot see hunters coming, because their eyes are weaker than a sparrow's
1	Harpies	harpy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | Harpies | hunters |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hunter=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | hunters *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | Harpies's eyes |  |  |  |  | than a sparrow; weak *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Harpies raise one chick every few years, so losses are slow to replace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes:t8:o4:1
# text = Harpies raise one chick every few years, so losses are slow to replace
1	Harpies	harpy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	losses	loss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | Harpies | one chick |  |  | year |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | losses |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **replace** | to-infinitive | losses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

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