Test 4 · ★★ · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

«my coach says he's the alpha and we're the pack lol» What do real wolves teach?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coach, we, real wolves · What happens: say, be, do, teach · To what, where: alpha, pack · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 240 «Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 coach	nmod:poss
3	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 alpha	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 alpha	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 alpha	det
8	alpha	alpha	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pack	cc
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 pack	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 pack	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pack	det
13	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alpha	conj
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 pack	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 alpha	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 do	obj
17	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 wolves	amod
19	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 teach	nsubj
20	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 do	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my coach		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	coach	the alpha and the pack	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	we	the pack	tree rules
4	do	present			tree rules
5	teach speech: other	present	real wolves		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Alphas eat the pups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alphas	alpha	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pups	det
4	pups	pup	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Alphas	the pups					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pup=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wild packs are led by parents, not by a fighting boss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 packs	amod
2	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 led	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 led	aux:pass
4	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 parents	case
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 led	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 boss	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 boss	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 boss	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 boss	det
11	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boss	compound
12	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 led	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present · passive	parents	Wild packs					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The strongest wolf always beats everyone else in the pack and rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
2	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 wolf	amod
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beats	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 beats	advmod
5	beats	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 beats	obj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 everyone	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pack	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pack	det
10	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beats	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rules	cc
12	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pack	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	present	the strongest wolf	everyone				in the pack and rules; always property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient in pack=Topic

Option 4

Packs have no leaders at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 leaders	det
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 leaders	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Packs	no leaders		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Patient

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