Exam question 2 · Wolves and dogs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of a wild wolf pack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: composition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 composition	det
10	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 pack	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pack	det
13	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pack	amod
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pack	compound
15	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 composition	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the composition of a wild wolf pack				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It consists solely of adult females, the males living apart from the pack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 females	case
5	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 females	amod
6	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 males	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 males	det
9	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 females	conj
10	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 males	acl
11	apart	apart	ADV	_	10 living	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 pack	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pack	det
14	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of adult females and the males; solely property	tree rules
2	live	gerund	the males not said here			the pack		apart property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It consists principally of a breeding pair and their offspring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 pair	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pair	det
6	breeding	breeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pair	compound
7	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 offspring	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 offspring	nmod:poss
10	offspring	offspring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a breeding pair and pair's offspring; principally property	tree rules

Option 3

It consists of unrelated males contending for dominance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 males	case
4	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 males	amod
5	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obl
6	contending	contend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 males	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 dominance	case
8	dominance	dominance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of unrelated males	tree rules
2	contend	gerund	unrelated males not said here					for dominance	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It consists of several distinct species

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 species	case
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 species	amod
5	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 species	amod
6	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of several distinct species	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/e2/