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title: A cartoon shows laughing hyenas that only steal from lions. What is… — Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows laughing hyenas that only steal from lions. What is more accurate? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 240 «Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

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

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon · **What happens:** show, laugh, steal, be · **To what, where:** hyenas

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 240 «Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together» 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/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows laughing hyenas that only steal from lions.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t3:1
# text = A cartoon shows laughing hyenas that only steal from lions.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | a cartoon *not said here* | hyenas |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hyena=Theme |
| 3 | **steal** | present |  | hyenas |  |  |  | from lions | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent that=Theme from lion=Source |

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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 more accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t3:2
# text = What is more accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hyenas are a kind of dog that only eats what lions leave behind on the plain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t3:o1:1
# text = Hyenas are a kind of dog that only eats what lions leave behind on the plain
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
11	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hyenas | a kind |  |  |  | of dog | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | a kind |  |  | the plain |  | behind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave behind** | present | lions |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Hyenas hunt most of their own food, and their «laugh» is excitement or stress

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t3:o2:1
# text = Hyenas hunt most of their own food, and their «laugh» is excitement or stress
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	stress	stress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Hyenas | most of Hyenas's own food |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Hyenas's laugh | excitement or stress |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **laugh** *in a quote* |  | Hyenas *= hyena* |  |  |  |  |  | nom laugh «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hyenas never hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t3:o3:1
# text = Hyenas never hunt
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hunt** | present | Hyenas |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hyenas really laugh at jokes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t3:o4:1
# text = Hyenas really laugh at jokes
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Hyenas |  |  | jokes |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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