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description: According to the text, in what manner did trained hawks ordinarily pursue their quarry? Exam question 4 of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirst…

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According to the text, in what manner did trained hawks ordinarily pursue their quarry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** trained hawks · **What happens:** accord, train, pursue · **To what, where:** text, quarry

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» of the books 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/books/354-pg18442-part14/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e4:1
# text = According to the text, in what manner did trained hawks ordinarily pursue their quarry?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	hawks	hawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	quarry	quarry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the text *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal |
| 2 | **train** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **pursue** | present | trained hawks | hawks's quarry |  |  |  | ordinarily *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarry=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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swooping swiftly upon the prey from the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e4:o1:1
# text = swooping swiftly upon the prey from the sky
1	swooping	swoop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop** | gerund |  |  |  | the sky |  | upon the prey; swiftly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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perching on the king's wrist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e4:o2:1
# text = perching on the king's wrist
1	perching	perch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | gerund |  |  |  | the king's wrist |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wrist=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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circling high above the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e4:o3:1
# text = circling high above the trees
1	circling	circle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	above	above	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | gerund |  |  |  | the trees |  | high *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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

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swooping swiftly upon the prey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e4:o4:1
# text = swooping swiftly upon the prey
1	swooping	swoop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon the prey; swiftly *property* | tree rules |

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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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