Exam question 1 · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of a wolf pack in the wild?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: composition
This is exam question 1 of lesson 240 «Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together» 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 | _ | 14 pack | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pack | det |
| 13 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 pack | compound |
| 14 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 composition | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 wild | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 wild | det |
| 17 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 pack | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | 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 wolf pack in the wild | 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 · ✓ the right answer
It ordinarily consists of a breeding pair and their offspring of several years
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 | 3 consists | nsubj |
| 2 | ordinarily | ordinarily | ADV | _ | 3 consists | advmod |
| 3 | consists | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 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 | 3 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 |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 12 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 years | amod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 offspring | nmod |
| # | 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 of several years; ordinarily property | tree rules |
Option 2
It consists exclusively of males
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 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 2 consists | advmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 males | case |
| 5 | males | male | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 consists | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consist | present | It | of males; exclusively property | tree rules |
Option 3
It consists of unrelated adults 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 adults | case |
| 4 | unrelated | unrelated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 adults | amod |
| 5 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 consists | obl |
| 6 | contending | contend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 adults | 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 adults | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | contend | gerund | unrelated adults not said here | for dominance | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It is reconstituted at random every season, its members being drawn from many packs
The tree, 14 words
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 | 3 reconstituted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reconstituted | aux:pass |
| 3 | reconstituted | reconstitute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 season | case |
| 5 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 season | amod |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 season | det |
| 7 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reconstituted | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 drawn | punct |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 members | nmod:poss |
| 10 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 drawn | aux:pass |
| 12 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 reconstituted | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 packs | case |
| 14 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 packs | amod |
| 15 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 drawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reconstitute | present · passive | It | season | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | draw | gerund · passive | its members | many packs | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from pack=Initial_Location |
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