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# Exam question 1 · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

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

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** composition

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 240 «Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of a wolf pack in the wild?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the composition of a wolf pack in the wild |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It ordinarily consists of a breeding pair and their offspring of several years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:e1:o1:1
# text = It ordinarily consists of a breeding pair and their offspring of several years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	breeding	breeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	offspring	offspring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of a breeding pair and pair's offspring of several years; ordinarily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It consists exclusively of males

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:e1:o2:1
# text = It consists exclusively of males
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of males; exclusively *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It consists of unrelated adults contending for dominance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:e1:o3:1
# text = It consists of unrelated adults contending for dominance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	contending	contend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dominance	dominance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of unrelated adults | tree rules |
| 2 | **contend** | gerund | unrelated adults *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for dominance | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is reconstituted at random every season, its members being drawn from many packs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:e1:o4:1
# text = It is reconstituted at random every season, its members being drawn from many packs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reconstituted	reconstitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reconstitute** | present · passive |  | It |  |  | season |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **draw** | gerund · passive |  | its members |  | many packs |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from pack=Initial\_Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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