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title: my brother reckons bald eagles r bald like grandad. are they? — Birds of prey and owls · tree and pragmatics
description: my brother reckons bald eagles r bald like grandad. are they? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Birds of prey and owls

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my brother reckons bald eagles r bald like grandad. are they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, eagles · **What happens:** reckon, be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t3:1
# text = my brother reckons bald eagles r bald like grandad. are they?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
11	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **does** | present | eagles *= eagle* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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 {#o1}

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Only the females are bald

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t3:o1:1
# text = Only the females are bald
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the females |  |  |  |  | bald *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, they have white feathers on the head; balde meant white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t3:o2:1
# text = No, they have white feathers on the head; balde meant white
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	balde	balde	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | they | white feathers |  | the head |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | past | balde |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, their heads have bare skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, their heads have bare skin
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | their heads | bare skin |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they lose all their feathers when they get old, like grandad's hair

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, they lose all their feathers when they get old, like grandad's hair
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | they | their feathers |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | feathers *= feather* |  |  |  |  | like grandad's hair; old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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