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title: In a cartoon, a monkey from Africa hangs by its tail eating a banana… — Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a monkey from Africa hangs by its tail eating a banana. Name the two mistakes. Test 2 · ★ of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

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In a cartoon, a monkey from Africa hangs by its tail eating a banana. Name the two mistakes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** monkey, tail, you · **What happens:** hang, eat, name · **To what, where:** cartoon, banana, two mistakes

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a monkey from Africa hangs by its tail eating a banana.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, a monkey from Africa hangs by its tail eating a banana.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | present | a monkey from Africa |  |  | a cartoon |  | by monkey's tail | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | monkey's tail *not said here* | a banana |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Name the two mistakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t2:2
# text = Name the two mistakes.
1	Name	name	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | imperative | you *not said here* | the two mistakes |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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African monkeys have no tails and eat only meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t2:o1:1
# text = African monkeys have no tails and eat only meat
1	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | African monkeys | no tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | present | African monkeys *not said here* | meat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Monkeys never climb trees, and they never eat any kind of fruit at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t2:o2:1
# text = Monkeys never climb trees, and they never eat any kind of fruit at all
1	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **climb** | present | Monkeys | trees |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | present | Monkeys *= monkey* | any kind of fruit |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No African monkey can hang by its tail, and wild monkeys never ate sweet shop bananas

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t2:o3:1
# text = No African monkey can hang by its tail, and wild monkeys never ate sweet shop bananas
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | can | no African monkey |  |  |  |  | by monkey's tail | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=Location |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | past | wild monkeys | sweet shop bananas |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing is wrong with that picture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing is wrong with that picture
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | with that picture; wrong *property* | tree rules |

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**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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