Test 2 · ★ · Evolution simply: why living things change over many gener…

«my uncle says we came from monkeys, so why are there still chimps» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, we · What happens: say, come, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 uncle	nmod:poss
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 monkeys	case
8	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 came	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 there	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 there	advmod
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 there	advmod
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 there	cop
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 came	parataxis
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 chimps	advmod
15	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 there	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 came	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my uncle		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	past	we	from monkeys	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present		chimps obl; there property	tree rules
4	is	present		right property	tree rules

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

Chimps are humans who stopped evolving long ago and stayed in the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 humans	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 humans	cop
3	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 stopped	nsubj
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 humans	acl:relcl
6	evolving	evolve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stopped	xcomp
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 evolving	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stayed	cc
10	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stopped	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 trees	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trees	det
13	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Chimps	humans			tree rules
2	stop	past	humans				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	evolve	gerund	humans not said here			ago property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stay	past	humans not said here		the trees		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 2

Humans came from today's gorillas instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 gorillas	case
4	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gorillas	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 today	case
6	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Humans					from today's gorillas; instead property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from gorilla=Initial_Location

Option 3

Chimps will turn into humans soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 humans	case
5	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	obl
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	Chimps					into humans result; soon property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into human=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

We did not come from today's chimps; both lines are cousins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 chimps	case
6	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chimps	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 today	case
8	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 cousins	punct
10	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 lines	det
11	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cousins	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cousins	cop
13	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come	past · do-support	We			today's chimps			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chimp=Initial_Location
2	is a	present	both lines	cousins					tree rules

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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