Exam question 2 · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

Identify the origin of the notion of the «alpha wolf».

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: origin

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 notion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 notion	det
6	notion	notion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 origin	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 wolf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 wolf	punct
10	alpha	alpha	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wolf	amod
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notion	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 wolf	punct
13	.	.	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 origin of the notion of the alpha wolf					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent origin=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

Option 1

The scientific study of domestic dogs alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 study	det
2	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 study	amod
3	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dogs	case
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dogs	amod
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 study	nmod
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 dogs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study			domestic dogs					nom study «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Prolonged observation of wild wolf families in their natural habitat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 observation	amod
2	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 families	case
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 families	amod
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 families	compound
6	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 observation	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 habitat	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 habitat	nmod:poss
9	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 habitat	amod
10	habitat	habitat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 families	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	observe			wild wolf families in families's natural habitat					nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The behaviour of wolves upon the full moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 behaviour	det
2	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wolves	case
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 behaviour	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moon	det
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 moon	amod
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wolves	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Observations of unrelated wolves confined together in captivity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Observations	observation	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 wolves	case
3	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wolves	amod
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Observations	nmod
5	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wolves	acl
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 confined	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 captivity	case
8	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	participle		unrelated wolves not said here		captivity		together property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in captivity=Destination
2	observe			unrelated wolves					nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient

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