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title: You see a young bald eagle that is brown all over. Why no white head? — Birds of prey and owls · tree and pragmatics
description: You see a young bald eagle that is brown all over. Why no white head? Test 4 · ★ 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 4 · ★ · Birds of prey and owls

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You see a young bald eagle that is brown all over. Why no white head?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, that · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** young bald eagle

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You see a young bald eagle that is brown all over.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t4:1
# text = You see a young bald eagle that is brown all over.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | You | a young bald eagle |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eagle=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | brown, over *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why no white head?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t4:2
# text = Why no white head?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is ill and losing colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t4:o1:1
# text = It is ill and losing colour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund |  | colour |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has rolled in mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t4:o2:1
# text = It has rolled in mud
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  | mud |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in mud=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Young bald eagles get the white head at about five years old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t4:o3:1
# text = Young bald eagles get the white head at about five years old
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Young bald eagles | the white head |  |  | year | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a different kind of eagle that lives in the mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:t4:o4:1
# text = It is a different kind of eagle that lives in the mountains
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a different kind |  |  |  | of eagle | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a different kind |  |  | the mountains |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |

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