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title: «my brother says he's the alpha wolf of the house» Where did the ide… — Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Brit… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my brother says he's the alpha wolf of the house» Where did the idea of the alpha wolf come from? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nat…

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«my brother says he's the alpha wolf of the house» Where did the idea of the alpha wolf come from?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, idea · **What happens:** say, be, come · **To what, where:** alpha wolf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t3:1
# text = «my brother says he's the alpha wolf of the house» Where did the idea of the alpha wolf come from?
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	brother	brother	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	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	alpha	alpha	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	22	advmod	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	alpha	alpha	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
22	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	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 brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | brother | the alpha wolf |  |  |  | of the house | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past · do-support | the idea of the alpha wolf |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Old Roman wolf laws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t3:o1:1
# text = Old Roman wolf laws
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Studies of wild wolf families for hundreds of years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t3:o2:1
# text = Studies of wild wolf families for hundreds of years
1	Studies	study	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** |  |  | wild wolf families for hundreds of years |  |  |  |  | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Zoo studies of unrelated wolves; wild packs are families led by mum and dad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t3:o3:1
# text = Zoo studies of unrelated wolves; wild packs are families led by mum and dad
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	studies	study	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Zoo studies of unrelated wolves and wild packs | families |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | participle |  | families *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **study** |  |  | unrelated wolves |  |  |  |  | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wolf that won a fight with a bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back:t3:o4:1
# text = A wolf that won a fight with a bear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | a wolf | a fight |  |  |  | with a bear | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |

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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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