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# Test 4 · ★★ · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

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

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coach, we, real wolves · **What happens:** say, be, do, teach · **To what, where:** alpha, pack · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t4:1
# text = «my coach says he's the alpha and we're the pack lol» What do real wolves teach?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	alpha	alpha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
18	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	teach	teach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | coach | the alpha and the pack |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | we | the pack |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | real wolves |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Alphas eat the pups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t4:o1:1
# text = Alphas eat the pups
1	Alphas	alpha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pups	pup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Alphas | the pups |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pup=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wild packs are led by parents, not by a fighting boss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t4:o2:1
# text = Wild packs are led by parents, not by a fighting boss
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present · passive | parents | Wild packs |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The strongest wolf always beats everyone else in the pack and rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t4:o3:1
# text = The strongest wolf always beats everyone else in the pack and rules
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	beats	beat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | present | the strongest wolf | everyone |  |  |  | in the pack and rules; always *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient in pack=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Packs have no leaders at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t4:o4:1
# text = Packs have no leaders at all
1	Packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Packs | no leaders |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Patient |

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