Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 240 of the biology course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓

«Big Bad Wolf blew the house down, wolves r evil» What is the real picture?

1. Wolves hunt children for fun, just like in the fairy tales — score 9
2. Wolves often blow houses down — score 5
3. Real wolves rarely attack people and usually avoid them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. Wolves live in houses — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 8: «Real wolves rarely attack people and usually avoid them, and bringing wolves back to Yellowstone in 1995 let riverbank trees grow back as elk, a kind of big de…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «avoid» (+4); the same doer «real wolves» (+4); the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «people» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A friend says: «wolves howl at the full moon, everyone knows that». What is true?

1. They never howl — score 8
2. They howl only at the Sun — score 8
3. They howl only at the full moon, because its bright light hurts their eyes so much — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. They howl at any time, more at dusk and night, heads up so the sound carries — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 4: «Cartoons show wolves howling at a full moon and a Big Bad Wolf hunting children; real wolves point their heads up so the howl carries kilometres to the pack, n…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «howl» (+4); the same doer «wolves» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

A cartoon shows laughing hyenas that only steal from lions. What is more accurate?

1. Hyenas are a kind of dog that only eats what lions leave behind on the plain — score 5
2. Hyenas hunt most of their own food, and their «laugh» is excitement or stress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Hyenas never hunt — score 6
4. Hyenas really laugh at jokes — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 16: «Spotted hyenas hunt most of their own food in teams, their «laugh» is a call of excitement or stress, and their clans are led by females, who are bigger than t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+4); the same doer «spotted hyenas» (+4); the same thing acted on «most» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

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

1. Alphas eat the pups — no support
2. Wild packs are led by parents, not by a fighting boss — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The strongest wolf always beats everyone else in the pack and rules — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Packs have no leaders at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 240, line 9: «Wolves howl to keep the pack in touch and tell other packs to stay away; they howl at any time, more at dusk and at night, but not at the moon; they just point…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «wolves» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if a lone wolf tried to chase a healthy, fast elk?

1. It would always catch it — score 3
2. It would probably fail, as most hunts do — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The elk would give up at once — no support
4. The elk would chase the wolf all the way home — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 52, line 15: «Grey wolves hunt in family packs, chasing deer, elk or moose over long distances; they are built for stamina rather than speed, and they often pick out a young…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wolves» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Watching geese, you see the front bird drop back and another take its place. Why?

1. The leader got lost — no support
2. The front bird fell asleep in the air and slipped back — score 4
3. The front is hardest, so they take turns — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. They are racing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 12: «Geese fly in a V because each bird catches rising air from the wingtip of the one in front, which saves energy, and they take turns at the tiring front place.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); the same doer «geese» (+2); the same thing acted on «turns» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

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

1. Chihuahuas have only 10 teeth — score 4
2. His Chihuahua has the same 42 teeth and came from wolves — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Chihuahuas came from cats — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Chihuahuas came from foxes, not from wolves like other dogs — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 121, line 7: «A study found that cats and dogs often get on best when the cat comes into the home before the dog.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same circumstance (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A big wolf lets a little one pin it down during play. Why?

1. It is really hurt — score 2
2. The big wolf is weak — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. So play goes on and the small one learns — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. It wants to be the pup again and be fed by the others — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 10: «Wolves test a herd to find a weak, young, old or sick animal, most hunts fail, and a wolf can eat about 9 kilograms of meat at once.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «wolves» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Count them: a pack of 7 wolves trots through snow. How many legs, ears and tails?

1. 28 legs, 7 ears and 7 tails — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 28 legs, 14 ears and 7 tails — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 28 legs, 14 ears and 14 tails — no support
4. 14 legs, 14 ears and 7 tails — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Count them: 5 lionesses and 4 wild dogs share a plain. How many legs in all?

1. 18 legs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 40 legs — no support
3. 32 legs — no support
4. 36 legs — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«wild dogs sneezing before a hunt, they got colds?» What is going on?

1. The sneezes seem to work like a vote to set off — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They are scaring away the flies that buzz round their noses — score 7
3. They are all ill — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. They smelled pepper — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 193, line 9: «A warm dry nose does not always mean a dog is ill; that is an old myth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «dog» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of a wolf pack in the wild?

1. It ordinarily consists of a breeding pair and their offspring of several years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It consists exclusively of males — no support
3. It consists of unrelated adults contending for dominance — no support
4. It is reconstituted at random every season, its members being drawn from many packs — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

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

1. The scientific study of domestic dogs alone — no support
2. Prolonged observation of wild wolf families in their natural habitat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. The behaviour of wolves upon the full moon — no support
4. Observations of unrelated wolves confined together in captivity — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 235, line 4: «Watch a family at the beach: the kids learn tricks from older kids and grandma knows where the best rock pools are; dolphin and orca groups work in much the sa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «watch» (+4); the same thing acted on «family» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the principal advantage obtained by geese flying in a V formation.

1. Intimidation of birds of prey, the formation resembling a single bird of very great size — no support
2. A reduction in the energy expended, each bird being lifted by the air from the bird in front — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Protection of the leading bird from cold — no support
4. Improved observation of the ground — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 14: «Geese fly in a V because each bird rides the rising air from the wingtip of the bird in front, saving energy; they take turns at the front.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «front» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consequences of the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone in 1995.

1. The park was closed to visitors — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The grazing of riverbanks by elk diminished and trees recovered — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The elk population was entirely extinguished — no support
4. The wolves consumed the trees of the riverbanks in great quantity — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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