Test 7 · ★★★ · The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bonobos and how apes t…
You are at a shop and see «palm oil from protected forests» on a label. Why could buying it help orangutans?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: be, see, protect, buy, help · To what, where: shop, palm oil, protected forests, oil, orangutans · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bonobos and how apes think» 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: You are at a shop and see «palm oil from protected forests» on a label.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 shop | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shop | cop |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 see | cc |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 shop | conj |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 oil | punct |
| 9 | palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 oil | compound |
| 10 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 forests | case |
| 12 | protected | protect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 forests | amod |
| 13 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 see | obl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 forests | punct |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 label | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 label | det |
| 17 | label | label | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 forests | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 shop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | a shop | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | You not said here | palm oil | protected forests on a label | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | protect in a quote | participle | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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: Why could buying it help orangutans?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 buying | advmod |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 buying | aux |
| 3 | buying | buy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 buying | obj |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 buying | xcomp |
| 6 | orangutans | orangutan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 help | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 buying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | could | oil | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | help | infinitive | orangutans | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orangutan=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It supports farms that do not cut down their forests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 supports | nsubj |
| 2 | supports | support | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | farms | farm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 supports | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 cut | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cut | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 cut | advmod |
| 7 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 farms | acl:relcl |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 cut | compound:prt |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 forests | nmod:poss |
| 10 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | support | present | It | farms | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer farm=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not cut down | present · do-support | farms | farms's forests | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset forest=Product |
Option 2
Palm oil is fed to zoo orangutans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 oil | compound |
| 2 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fed | aux:pass |
| 4 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 orangutans | case |
| 6 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 orangutans | compound |
| 7 | orangutans | orangutan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | present · passive | Palm oil | zoo orangutans | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to orangutan=Recipient |
Option 3
It makes palm trees grow faster in zoos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trees | compound |
| 4 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | nsubj |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 grow | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 zoos | case |
| 8 | zoos | zoo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | present | palm trees | zoos | fast property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location |
Option 4
The money is posted straight to the apes in the forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 money | det |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 posted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 posted | aux:pass |
| 4 | posted | post | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 posted | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 apes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 apes | det |
| 8 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 posted | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 forest | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 forest | det |
| 11 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 posted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | present · passive | the money | the forest | to the apes; straight property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to ape=Destination |
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