---
title: «my dog's a Chihuahua, nothing like a wolf» What might surprise him? — Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my dog's a Chihuahua, nothing like a wolf» What might surprise him? Test 7 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's c
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/t7/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/) / t7

# Test 7 · ★★ · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«my dog's a Chihuahua, nothing like a wolf» What might surprise him?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** be, surprise · **To what, where:** Chihuahua, dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t7:1
# text = «my dog's a Chihuahua, nothing like a wolf» What might surprise him?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	appos	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	surprise	surprise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my dog | a Chihuahua |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **surprise** | might |  | dog |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer he=Result |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chihuahuas have only 10 teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t7:o1:1
# text = Chihuahuas have only 10 teeth
1	Chihuahuas	chihuahua	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Chihuahuas | 10 teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His Chihuahua has the same 42 teeth and came from wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t7:o2:1
# text = His Chihuahua has the same 42 teeth and came from wolves
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	42	42	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | His Chihuahua | the same 42 teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 2 | **come** | past | His Chihuahua *not said here* |  |  | wolves |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wolf=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chihuahuas came from cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t7:o3:1
# text = Chihuahuas came from cats
1	Chihuahuas	chihuahua	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Chihuahuas |  |  |  |  | from cats | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cat=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chihuahuas came from foxes, not from wolves like other dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t7:o4:1
# text = Chihuahuas came from foxes, not from wolves like other dogs
1	Chihuahuas	chihuahua	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Chihuahuas |  |  | wolves like other dogs |  | from foxes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from fox=Initial\_Location from wolf=Destination |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/t6/)
- next →: [Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/t8/)
- ↑ back to [Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/)