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title: A picture shows a wolf howling under a full moon. What's the likely… — Wild animals and tall tales · tree and pragmatics
description: A picture shows a wolf howling under a full moon. What's the likely truth? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Wild animals and tall tales

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A picture shows a wolf howling under a full moon. What's the likely truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** picture, wolf, likely truth · **What happens:** show, howl, be · **To what, where:** wolf, full moon

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» of the myths 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/myths/8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A picture shows a wolf howling under a full moon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t9:1
# text = A picture shows a wolf howling under a full moon.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	howling	howl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a picture | a wolf |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient |
| 2 | **howl** | gerund | a wolf *not said here* |  |  | a full moon |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under moon=Location |

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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:* What's the likely truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t9:2
# text = What's the likely truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the likely truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wolves howl to their pack; the Moon just makes a good picture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t9:o1:1
# text = Wolves howl to their pack; the Moon just makes a good picture
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	howl	howl	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | present | Wolves |  | Wolves's pack |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pack=Recipient |
| 2 | **make** | present | the Moon | a good picture |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wolf is calling the Moon down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t9:o2:1
# text = The wolf is calling the Moon down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call down** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | the wolf |  | the Moon |  |  | down *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent moon=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The full moon makes every wolf in the forest howl at it all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t9:o3:1
# text = The full moon makes every wolf in the forest howl at it all night long
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	howl	howl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the full moon | every wolf |  | the forest howl at howl | night | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wolf=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wolves only ever howl at the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales:t9:o4:1
# text = Wolves only ever howl at the Moon
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	howl	howl	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | present | Wolves |  |  |  | ever | at the Moon | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at moon=Stimulus |

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