Test 8 · Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maatha…

«why'd anyone believe chimps use tools, they're just animals» What did Jane Goodall see?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: anyone, chimps, Jane · What happens: believe, use, be, see · To what, where: tools, animals · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 believe	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 believe	advmod
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 believe	aux
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 believe	nsubj
5	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 believe	ccomp
8	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 animals	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 animals	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 animals	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 animals	advmod
13	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 believe	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 animals	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 see	obj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 see	aux
17	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 see	nsubj
18	Goodall	Goodall	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Jane	flat
19	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 animals	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	believe in a quote	would	anyone		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	use in a quote	present	chimps	tools	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient
3	is a in a quote	present	chimps = chimp	animals	tree rules
4	see	past · do-support	Jane	animals	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Chimps stripping twigs to fish termites out of mounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	stripping	strip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Chimps	acl
3	twigs	twig	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stripping	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 termites	case
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 termites	compound
6	termites	termite	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stripping	obl
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 mounds	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 mounds	case
9	mounds	mound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 termites	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strip	gerund	Chimps not said here	twigs				to fish termites out mounds	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twig=Patient

Option 2

Chimps writing letters on paper with pencils she gave them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gave	nsubj
2	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Chimps	acl
3	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 writing	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 paper	case
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writing	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 pencils	case
7	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 writing	obl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund	Chimps not said here	letters		paper		with pencils	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme on paper=Destination
2	give	past	Chimps		letters = letter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Chimps building cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	building	build	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Chimps	acl
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 building	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	gerund	Chimps not said here	cars					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset car=Product

Option 4

Chimps cooking with fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	cooking	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Chimps	acl
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 fire	case
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	gerund	Chimps not said here					with fire	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient with fire=Instrument

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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