Test 5 · ★ · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees
Your mate says «we come from chimps, they're our granddads». What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, we, chimps · What happens: say, come, be · To what, where: chimps, granddads · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your mate says «we come from chimps, they're our granddads».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 come | nsubj |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 chimps | case |
| 8 | chimps | chimp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 granddads | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 granddads | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 granddads | cop |
| 12 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 granddads | nmod:poss |
| 13 | granddads | granddad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | obl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 granddads | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | present | we | chimps | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chimp=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | chimps = chimp | our granddads | 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.
Sentence 2: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, we are closer to dogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 closer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 closer | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 closer | cop |
| 5 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 dogs | case |
| 7 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 closer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | we | to dogs; close property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, but only Europeans did
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 Europeans | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 Europeans | advmod |
| 5 | Europeans | European | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Europeans | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, chimps turned into people a long time ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | chimps | chimp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turned | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| 10 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 4 turned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | chimps | time | into people result; ago property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into people=Result |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Chimps are our cousins; we share an ancestor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chimps | chimp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cousins | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cousins | cop |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 cousins | nmod:poss |
| 4 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 share | punct |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 share | nsubj |
| 7 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cousins | parataxis |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 ancestor | det |
| 9 | ancestor | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Chimps | our cousins | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | share | present | we | a ancestor | tree rules |
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