--- title: Ascertain the approximate duration for which a young orangutan remai… — The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the approximate duration for which a young orangutan remains in the company of its mother. Exam question 3 of lesson 16 «The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/16-the-great-apes/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/16-the-great-apes/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans Ascertain the approximate duration for which a young orangutan remains in the company of its mother. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** approximate duration This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/16-the-great-apes/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the approximate duration for which a young orangutan remains in the company of its mother. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 10 det _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 orangutan orangutan NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 appos _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate duration | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Approximately seven to eight weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e3:o1:1 # text = Approximately seven to eight weeks 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 5 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Approximately one year ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e3:o2:1 # text = Approximately one year 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Approximately thirty years ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e3:o3:1 # text = Approximately thirty years 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Approximately seven to eight years ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e3:o4:1 # text = Approximately seven to eight years 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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