--- title: «they said the wolves changed the rivers, so wolves dig rivers?» Wha… — Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Brit… · tree and pragmatics description: «they said the wolves changed the rivers, so wolves dig rivers?» What really happened? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 283 «Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nature back» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back/t10/) [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 in Yellowstone, beavers in Brit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nat… «they said the wolves changed the rivers, so wolves dig rivers?» What really happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, wolves · **What happens:** say, change, dig, happen · **To what, where:** rivers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 283 «Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nature back» 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/283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «they said the wolves changed the rivers, so wolves dig rivers?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t10:1 # text = «they said the wolves changed the rivers, so wolves dig rivers?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 dig dig VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **change** *in a quote* | past | the wolves | the rivers | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | | 3 | **dig** *in a quote* | present | wolves | rivers | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent river=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What really happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t10:2 # text = What really happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Wolves changed how elk moved, which helped trees in some places, and that helped beavers and birds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t10:o1:1 # text = Wolves changed how elk moved, which helped trees in some places, and that helped beavers and birds 1 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 elk elk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 16 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 beavers beaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | Wolves | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | past | elk | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **help** | past | | trees | | some places | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Beneficiary | | 4 | **help** | past | that | | beavers and birds | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} Wolves drank the rivers dry ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t10:o2:1 # text = Wolves drank the rivers dry 1 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 dry dry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | Wolves | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dry** | present | the rivers | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wolves dug new rivers with their paws ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t10:o3:1 # text = Wolves dug new rivers with their paws 1 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | past | Wolves | new rivers | | | | with Wolves's paws | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent river=Theme with paw=Instrument | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wolves carried stones to make dams ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t10:o4:1 # text = Wolves carried stones to make dams 1 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 dams dam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | Wolves | stones | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Wolves *not said here* | dams | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dam=Product | **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. 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