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title: What would happen if a wolf pack met a circle of musk oxen? — The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy ow… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a wolf pack met a circle of musk oxen? Test 11 of lesson 106 «The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and reindeer» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and rei…

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What would happen if a wolf pack met a circle of musk oxen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf pack · **What happens:** happen, meet · **To what, where:** circle

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This is test 11 of lesson 106 «The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and reindeer» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t11:1
# text = What would happen if a wolf pack met a circle of musk oxen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	musk	musk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a wolf pack | a circle of musk oxen |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Co-Agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The musk oxen would run away in all directions and leave the calves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t11:o1:1
# text = The musk oxen would run away in all directions and leave the calves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	musk	musk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	oxen	oxen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | would | the musk oxen |  |  | all directions |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory |
| 2 | **leave** | present | the musk oxen *not said here* | the calves |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The musk oxen would climb trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t11:o2:1
# text = The musk oxen would climb trees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	musk	musk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	oxen	oxen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | would | the musk oxen | trees |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The wolves would face horns, with the calves safe inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t11:o3:1
# text = The wolves would face horns, with the calves safe inside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	face	face	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | would | the wolves | horns and the calves |  |  |  | inside, safe *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horn=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The calves would run out to fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:106-the-polar-zone-arctic-foxes-snowy-owls-lemmings-reindeer:t11:o4:1
# text = The calves would run out to fight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | would | the calves |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | the calves *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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