--- title: My sister thinks a chimp eats only bananas. What is true? — The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos,… · tree and pragmatics description: My sister thinks a chimp eats only bananas. What is true? Test 11 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 was wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans My sister thinks a chimp eats only bananas. What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, chimp · **What happens:** think, eat, be · **To what, where:** bananas · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* My sister thinks a chimp eats only bananas. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t11:1 # text = My sister thinks a chimp eats only bananas. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chimp chimp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 bananas banana NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | My sister | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | present | a chimp | bananas | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t11:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Chimps eat only grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t11:o1:1 # text = Chimps eat only grass 1 Chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Chimps | grass | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Chimps eat only bananas, which they pick from the wild banana trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t11:o2:1 # text = Chimps eat only bananas, which they pick from the wild banana trees 1 Chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bananas banana NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 pick pick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 banana banana NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Chimps | bananas | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient | | 2 | **pick** | present | Chimps *= chimp* | bananas | | the wild banana trees | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Theme from tree=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Chimps eat mostly fruit, but also termites and sometimes monkeys ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t11:o3:1 # text = Chimps eat mostly fruit, but also termites and sometimes monkeys 1 Chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 termites termite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Chimps | fruit | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Chimps eat only meat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t11:o4:1 # text = Chimps eat only meat 1 Chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Chimps | meat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | **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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