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title: what did the eagle grab off the altar, innit? — Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the eagle grab off the altar, innit? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th…

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what did the eagle grab off the altar, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** altar · **What happens:** do, innit · **To what, where:** eagle grab

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This is test 5 · ★ 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. 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t5:1
# text = what did the eagle grab off the altar, innit?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	grab	grab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the eagle grab |  |  |  | off the altar | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grab=Eventuality |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the altar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bit of goat meat with a cinder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t5:o1:1
# text = a bit of goat meat with a cinder
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cinder	cinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a big chunk of goat meat that still had a glowing cinder on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t5:o2:1
# text = a big chunk of goat meat that still had a glowing cinder on it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chunk	chunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	cinder	cinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  | a big chunk of goat meat |  | cinder | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some burnt bit of meat and a coal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t5:o3:1
# text = some burnt bit of meat and a coal
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a whole goat leg with a hot coal from the altar fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:402-pg21-part23:t5:o4:1
# text = a whole goat leg with a hot coal from the altar fire
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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