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description: What would happen to orangutan numbers if a forest is cut and only a few mothers survive? Test 10 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
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# Test 10 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

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What would happen to orangutan numbers if a forest is cut and only a few mothers survive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** few mothers · **What happens:** happen, cut, survive · **To what, where:** forest

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t10:1
# text = What would happen to orangutan numbers if a forest is cut and only a few mothers survive?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	orangutan	orangutan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to orangutan numbers | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | a forest |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **survive** | infinitive | a few mothers |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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They would grow back from seeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t10:o1:1
# text = They would grow back from seeds
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | would | They |  |  |  |  | from seeds | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from seed=Patient |

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

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Numbers would recover very slowly, as each baby takes about 8 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t10:o2:1
# text = Numbers would recover very slowly, as each baby takes about 8 years
1	Numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	recover	recover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | would | Numbers |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | each baby |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They would recover in one summer, as orangutans have many babies at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t10:o3:1
# text = They would recover in one summer, as orangutans have many babies at once
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	recover	recover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | would | They |  |  |  | summer |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | orangutans | many babies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They would double every year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t10:o4:1
# text = They would double every year
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	double	double	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | would | They |  |  |  | year |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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