Test 3 · ★ · Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nat…

«my brother says he's the alpha wolf of the house» Where did the idea of the alpha wolf come from?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, idea · What happens: say, be, come · To what, where: alpha wolf · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 283 «Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nature back» 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 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	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	9 wolf	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wolf	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
8	alpha	alpha	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wolf	amod
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wolf	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 house	punct
14	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 come	advmod
15	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 come	aux
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 idea	det
17	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 come	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 wolf	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wolf	det
20	alpha	alpha	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 wolf	amod
21	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 idea	nmod
22	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 house	acl:relcl
23	from	from	ADP	_	22 come	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	brother	the alpha wolf	of the house	tree rules
3	come	past · do-support	the idea of the alpha wolf			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Old Roman wolf laws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 laws	amod
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 laws	amod
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laws	compound
4	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2

Studies of wild wolf families for hundreds of years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Studies	study	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 families	case
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 families	amod
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 families	compound
5	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Studies	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 hundreds	case
7	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 families	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 years	case
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hundreds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study			wild wolf families for hundreds of years					nom study «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Zoo studies of unrelated wolves; wild packs are families led by mum and dad

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 studies	compound
2	studies	study	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 families	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 wolves	case
4	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wolves	amod
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 studies	nmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 packs	punct
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 packs	amod
8	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 studies	conj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 families	cop
10	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 families	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 mum	case
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 led	obl:agent
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 dad	cc
15	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mum	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Zoo studies of unrelated wolves and wild packs	families	tree rules
2	lead	participle		families not said here	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	study			unrelated wolves	nom study «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A wolf that won a fight with a bear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 won	nsubj
4	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fight	det
6	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 bear	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bear	det
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	a wolf	a fight				with a bear	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality

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