Exam question 2 · Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and miss…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relationship between humans and present-day chimpanzees.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, relationship

This is exam question 2 of lesson 280 «Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and missing links» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 relationship	det
11	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	between	between	ADP	_	13 humans	case
13	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 relationship	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 chimpanzees	cc
15	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 day	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 present	punct
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 chimpanzees	compound
18	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 humans	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the relationship	between humans and day chimpanzees	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relationship=Experiencer

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

Option 1

No relationship of any kind exists between them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 relationship	det
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exists	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kind	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relationship	nmod
6	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 exists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	no relationship of any kind					between them = they	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They share common ancestors, neither having descended from the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 share	nsubj
2	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ancestors	amod
4	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 share	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 descended	punct
6	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	8 descended	cc:preconj
7	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 descended	aux
8	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 share	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 other	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 other	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 descended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	They	common ancestors					tree rules
2	descend	gerund · perfect	They not said here			the other			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from other=Location

Option 3

Humans are descended directly from the chimpanzees living at the present day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 descended	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 descended	aux:pass
3	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	directly	directly	ADV	_	3 descended	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 chimpanzees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chimpanzees	det
7	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 descended	obl
8	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 chimpanzees	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	present · passive		Humans		the chimpanzees		directly property	vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	live	gerund	the chimpanzees not said here				day		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Chimpanzees are descended from present-day humans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 descended	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 descended	aux:pass
3	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 humans	case
5	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 present	punct
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 humans	compound
8	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 descended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	present · passive		Chimpanzees				from day humans	vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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