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description: Identify the animal which attains the greatest velocity of any animal in a descending stoop. Exam question 1 of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures

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Identify the animal which attains the greatest velocity of any animal in a descending stoop.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, animal · **What happens:** identify, attain, descend · **To what, where:** animal, greatest velocity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» 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/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e1:1
# text = Identify the animal which attains the greatest velocity of any animal in a descending stoop.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	attains	attain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	velocity	velocity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	descending	descend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	stoop	stoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 2 | **attain** | present | the animal | the greatest velocity of any animal in a descending stoop |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent velocity=Theme |
| 3 | **descend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The golden eagle, exceeding six hundred kilometres per hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e1:o1:1
# text = The golden eagle, exceeding six hundred kilometres per hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | gerund | the golden eagle *not said here* | hundred kilometres |  |  | per hour |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kilometre=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cheetah, exceeding three hundred kilometres per hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e1:o2:1
# text = The cheetah, exceeding three hundred kilometres per hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | gerund | the cheetah *not said here* | hundred kilometres |  |  | per hour |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kilometre=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The common swift, exceeding one thousand kilometres per hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e1:o3:1
# text = The common swift, exceeding one thousand kilometres per hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	swift	swift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | gerund | the common swift *not said here* | thousand kilometres |  |  | per hour |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kilometre=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The peregrine falcon, exceeding three hundred kilometres per hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e1:o4:1
# text = The peregrine falcon, exceeding three hundred kilometres per hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	peregrine	peregrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | gerund | the peregrine falcon *not said here* | hundred kilometres |  |  | per hour |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kilometre=Theme |

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