--- title: In 2025 a company was reported to have made wolf pups with some gene… — The future of life: de-extinction, climate, cora… · tree and pragmatics description: In 2025 a company was reported to have made wolf pups with some genes changed to look like the extinct dire wolf; they are grey wolves with white fur and a few changes, and scientists disagree about calling it de-extinction. Who acts: genes, scientists. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (genes, scientists), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos.lesson:6 # text = In 2025 a company was reported to have made wolf pups with some genes changed to look like the extinct dire wolf; they are grey wolves with white fur and a few changes, and scientists disagree about calling it de-extinction. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×3 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 2025 2025 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:ccomp 10 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pups pup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 with with SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 genes gene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=15:xcomp 18 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 extinct extinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 dire dire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 disagree disagree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 39 about about SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ _ 44 extinction extinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:obj 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | past · passive | | a company | | 2025 | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive · perfect | | wolf pups | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pup=Product | | 3 | **change** | participle | some genes | wolf pups *not said here* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pup=Patient | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | some genes *not said here* | | | | | like the extinct dire wolf | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | present | genes *= gene* | grey wolves | | | | with white fur and a few changes | tree rules | | 6 | **disagree** | present | scientists | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **call** | gerund | scientists *not said here* | company | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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