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description: In a film, a giant gorilla roars and eats people. What are real gorillas like? Test 1 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 of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 1 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

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In a film, a giant gorilla roars and eats people. What are real gorillas like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** real gorillas · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** people, film

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This is test 1 of lesson 16 «The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans» 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/16-the-great-apes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a giant gorilla roars and eats people.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t1:1
# text = In a film, a giant gorilla roars and eats people.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	roars	roar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
10	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present |  | people |  | a film  a giant gorilla roars |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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:* What are real gorillas like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t1:2
# text = What are real gorillas like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | real gorillas |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Meat eaters that hunt people in villages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t1:o1:1
# text = Meat eaters that hunt people in villages
1	Meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	villages	village	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | Meat eaters | people |  | villages |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme in village=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Mostly gentle plant eaters that beat their chests to avoid fights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t1:o2:1
# text = Mostly gentle plant eaters that beat their chests to avoid fights
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	beat	beat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	chests	chest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | present | gentle plant eaters | eaters's chests |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | gentle plant eaters *not said here* | fights |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent fight=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shy animals that never make any noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t1:o3:1
# text = Shy animals that never make any noise
1	Shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | present |  | Shy animals |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset that=Beneficiary noise=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fierce hunters that live alone in caves and come out at night to hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t1:o4:1
# text = Fierce hunters that live alone in caves and come out at night to hunt
1	Fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Fierce hunters |  |  | caves |  | alone *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |
| 2 | **come out** | present | Fierce hunters |  |  |  | night | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | Fierce hunters *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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