Test 11 · ★ · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees

«why do the chimps keep picking at each other, got fleas or what» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chimps · What happens: keep, pick, get, be · To what, where: fleas

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 84 «The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees» 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	_	6 keep	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 keep	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chimps	det
5	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 got	advcl
7	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 each	case
9	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	7 picking	obl
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 each	fixed
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 got	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 what	cc
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 fleas	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 what	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	15 what	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	present · do-support	the chimps			tree rules
2	pick in a quote	gerund	the chimps not said here		at each	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at each=Patient
3	get in a quote	past		fleas		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flea=Stimulus
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

They are looking for bananas

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 looking	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 looking	aux
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 bananas	case
5	bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	They					for bananas	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for banana=Theme

Option 2

They are fighting very slowly

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 fighting	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fighting	aux
3	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 fighting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	present · progressive	They					slowly property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, all zoo chimps have fleas and are picking them off to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 chimps	det
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chimps	compound
5	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 picking	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 picking	aux
10	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 have	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 picking	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 picking	compound:prt
13	to	to	PART	_	14 eat	mark
14	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 picking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	all zoo chimps	fleas	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Patient
2	pick off	present · progressive	all zoo chimps not said here	fleas = flea	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	eat	to-infinitive	all zoo chimps not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Grooming cleans the fur and keeps friendships strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grooming	grooming	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleans	nsubj
2	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fur	det
4	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleans	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keeps	cc
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cleans	conj
7	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keeps	obj
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	Grooming	the fur					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient
2	keep	present	Grooming not said here	friendships				strong property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme

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