Exam question 2 · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees

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

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, relationship

This is exam question 2 of lesson 84 «The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees» 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	_	15 chimpanzees	cc
15	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 humans	conj
16	.	.	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 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

The two share no part of their DNA whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 two	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 share	nsubj
3	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 part	det
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 share	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 DNA	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 DNA	nmod:poss
8	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 part	nmod
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 share	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	the two	no part of their DNA				whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Humans are the direct descendants of modern chimpanzees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 descendants	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 descendants	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 descendants	det
4	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 descendants	amod
5	descendants	descendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 chimpanzees	case
7	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chimpanzees	amod
8	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 descendants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Humans	the direct descendants				of modern chimpanzees	tree rules

Option 3

Chimpanzees are descended from 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	_	5 humans	case
5	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 humans	vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are cousins descended from a common ancestor

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	3 cousins	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cousins	cop
3	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cousins	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 ancestor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ancestor	det
7	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ancestor	amod
8	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 descended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	cousins					tree rules
2	descend	participle		cousins not said here		a common ancestor			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ancestor=Location

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