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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conservation status of the great apes. Exam question 4 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 que
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# Exam question 4 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conservation status of the great apes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, conservation status

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conservation status of the great apes.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	conservation	conservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the conservation status of the great apes |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus status=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No great ape has ever been considered at risk of extinction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e4:o1:1
# text = No great ape has ever been considered at risk of extinction
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | present · perfect · passive |  | no great ape |  | risk of extinction | ever |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **risk** |  |  | extinction |  |  |  |  | nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Every species of great ape is presently endangered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e4:o2:1
# text = Every species of great ape is presently endangered
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every species of great ape |  |  |  |  | endangered, presently *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The great apes are abundant throughout every continent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e4:o3:1
# text = The great apes are abundant throughout every continent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the great apes |  |  |  | throughout every continent | abundant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only gorillas are presently considered to be at risk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:e4:o4:1
# text = Only gorillas are presently considered to be at risk
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | present · passive |  | gorillas |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | risk |  |  | 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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