Exam question 1 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles…
Identify the part of the body with which an eagle principally kills its prey.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, eagle · What happens: identify, kill · To what, where: part, prey
This is exam question 1 of lesson 323 «Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles and eagle eyes» of the biology 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 part | det |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 body | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 body | det |
| 6 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 which | case |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 kills | obl |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 eagle | det |
| 10 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kills | nsubj |
| 11 | principally | principally | ADV | _ | 12 kills | advmod |
| 12 | kills | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 part | acl:relcl |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 prey | nmod:poss |
| 14 | prey | prey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kills | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the part of the body | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent part=Theme | ||||
| 2 | kill | present | a eagle | eagle's prey | with the part of the body; principally property | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent prey=Patient with which=Instrument |
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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The hooked beak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 beak | det |
| 2 | hooked | hook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 beak | amod |
| 3 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hook | participle | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The feet, equipped with four talons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 feet | det |
| 2 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 equipped | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 equipped | punct |
| 4 | equipped | equip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 talons | case |
| 6 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 talons | nummod |
| 7 | talons | talon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 equipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | equip | participle · passive | the feet | with four talons | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with talon=Theme |
Option 3
The leading edge of the wings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 edge | det |
| 2 | leading | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 edge | amod |
| 3 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 wings | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wings | det |
| 6 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 edge | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | gerund | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
Option 4
The feathers of the tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 feathers | det |
| 2 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 tail | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tail | det |
| 5 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feathers | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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