--- title: Indicate the condition in which the eaglets were described at the ti… — Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox:… · tree and pragmatics description: Indicate the condition in which the eaglets were described at the time of the fire. Exam question 3 of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/402-pg21-part23/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/402-pg21-part23/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th… Indicate the condition in which the eaglets were described at the time of the fire. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** indicate, describe · **To what, where:** condition, eaglets This is exam question 3 of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» 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/402-pg21-part23/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e3:1 # text = Indicate the condition in which the eaglets were described at the time of the fire. 1 Indicate indicate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eaglets eaglet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot condition=Topic | | 2 | **describe** | past · passive | | the eaglets | | the condition | time | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | 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} Hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e3:o1:1 # text = Hungry 1 Hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Young and unable to fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e3:o2:1 # text = Young and unable to fly 1 Young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Unfledged and helpless ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e3:o3:1 # text = Unfledged and helpless 1 Unfledged unfledged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:e3:o4:1 # text = Asleep 1 Asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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