Test 9 · ★★★ · The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bonobos and how apes t…

Which is the fastest way to cross a forest canopy for an ape?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, cross · To what, where: fastest way, forest canopy

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cross	mark
7	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 canopy	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 canopy	compound
10	canopy	canopy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cross	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 ape	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ape	det
13	ape	ape	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cross	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the fastest way					tree rules
2	cross	to-infinitive		a forest canopy				for a ape	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canopy=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

A gibbon swinging arm over arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gibbon	det
2	gibbon	gibbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	swinging	swing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 gibbon	acl
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swinging	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 arm	case
6	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swinging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	gerund	a gibbon not said here	arm		arm			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent arm=Theme over arm=Trajectory

Option 2

A bonobo hopping along on one leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bonobo	det
2	bonobo	bonobo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hopping	hop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bonobo	acl
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 hopping	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 leg	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 leg	nummod
7	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hopping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	gerund	a bonobo not said here			one leg		along property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory

Option 3

A gorilla climbing slowly up the trunk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gorilla	det
2	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 gorilla	acl
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 climbing	advmod
5	up	up	ADP	_	7 trunk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trunk	det
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 climbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund	a gorilla not said here			the trunk		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up trunk=Trajectory

Option 4

An orangutan walking on the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 orangutan	det
2	orangutan	orangutan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 orangutan	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	a orangutan not said here			the ground			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory

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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