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title: In the Big Bad Wolf story the wolf hunts people. What is real? — Wolves and dogs · tree and pragmatics
description: In the Big Bad Wolf story the wolf hunts people. What is real? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Wolves and dogs

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In the Big Bad Wolf story the wolf hunts people. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** hunt, be · **To what, where:** people, Wolf story

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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/24-wolves-and-dogs/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the Big Bad Wolf story the wolf hunts people.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t7:1
# text = In the Big Bad Wolf story the wolf hunts people.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Bad	Bad	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | the wolf | people |  | the Wolf story |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme in story=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t7:2
# text = What is real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Wolves live in houses in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t7:o1:1
# text = Wolves live in houses in the forest
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Wolves |  |  | houses |  | in the forest | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wolves only eat grandmothers who live alone in little houses in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t7:o2:1
# text = Wolves only eat grandmothers who live alone in little houses in the forest
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grandmothers	grandmother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Wolves | grandmothers |  | the forest |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandmother=Patient |
| 2 | **live** | present | grandmothers |  |  | little houses |  | alone *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Wild wolves are usually very shy of people, and attacks are rare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t7:o3:1
# text = Wild wolves are usually very shy of people, and attacks are rare
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wild wolves |  |  |  |  | of people; shy, usually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | attacks |  |  |  |  | rare *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wolves hunt people every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t7:o4:1
# text = Wolves hunt people every night
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Wolves | people |  |  | night |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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