--- title: Why might a wolf that was less shy do better near a human camp long… — The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real an… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a wolf that was less shy do better near a human camp long ago? Test 11 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs/t11/) [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/) / [The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs/) / t11 # Test 11 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs Why might a wolf that was less shy do better near a human camp long ago? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** human camp This is test 11 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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/382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t11:1 # text = Why might a wolf that was less shy do better near a human camp long ago? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 10 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a wolf | | | | | shy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | might | a wolf | | | a human camp | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} People fed only shy wolves ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t11:o1:1 # text = People fed only shy wolves 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | People | shy wolves | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It could steal the people's clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t11:o2:1 # text = It could steal the people's clothes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | could | It | the people's clothes | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location clothes=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It could hunt people more easily ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t11:o3:1 # text = It could hunt people more easily 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 easily easily ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | could | It | people | | | | easily *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It could eat scraps and stay safe near people ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs:t11:o4:1 # text = It could eat scraps and stay safe near people 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 scraps scrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | could | It | scraps | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scrap=Patient | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | | | | | | near people; safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near people=Location | **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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