Test 7 · ★★ · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

«my dog's a Chihuahua, nothing like a wolf» What might surprise him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: be, surprise · To what, where: Chihuahua, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	_	6 Chihuahua	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dog	nmod:poss
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Chihuahua	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Chihuahua	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Chihuahua	det
6	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 Chihuahua	appos
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 wolf	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nothing	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 surprise	obj
14	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 surprise	aux
15	surprise	surprise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 nothing	parataxis
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 surprise	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 Chihuahua	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	my dog	a Chihuahua					tree rules
2	surprise	might		dog					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer he=Result

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

Chihuahuas have only 10 teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chihuahuas	chihuahua	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 10	advmod
4	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 teeth	nummod
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Chihuahuas	10 teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His Chihuahua has the same 42 teeth and came from wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 Chihuahua	nmod:poss
2	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teeth	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 teeth	amod
6	42	42	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 teeth	nummod
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 came	cc
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 has	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 wolves	case
11	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	His Chihuahua	the same 42 teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	come	past	His Chihuahua not said here			wolves			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wolf=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Chihuahuas came from cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chihuahuas	chihuahua	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 cats	case
4	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Chihuahuas					from cats	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cat=Initial_Location

Option 4

Chihuahuas came from foxes, not from wolves like other dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chihuahuas	chihuahua	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 foxes	case
4	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wolves	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 wolves	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 wolves	case
8	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 dogs	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dogs	amod
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wolves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Chihuahuas			wolves like other dogs		from foxes	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from fox=Initial_Location from wolf=Destination

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