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title: A big wolf lets a little one pin it down during play. Why? — Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: A big wolf lets a little one pin it down during play. Why? Test 8 · ★★ 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 choice was 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

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A big wolf lets a little one pin it down during play. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big wolf · **What happens:** let down · **To what, where:** little one pin

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A big wolf lets a little one pin it down during play.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t8:1
# text = A big wolf lets a little one pin it down during play.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let down** | present | a big wolf | a little one pin |  |  | during play |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pin=Recipient it=Theme |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t8:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is really hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t8:o1:1
# text = It is really hurt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The big wolf is weak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t8:o2:1
# text = The big wolf is weak
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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So play goes on and the small one learns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t8:o3:1
# text = So play goes on and the small one learns
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present | play |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | present | the small one |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It wants to be the pup again and be fed by the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together:t8:o4:1
# text = It wants to be the pup again and be fed by the others
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pup	pup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | It |  |  |  | again |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the pup |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feed** | infinitive · passive | the others |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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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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