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title: Why would an orangutan in a zoo enclosure still pile up blankets eve… — The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would an orangutan in a zoo enclosure still pile up blankets every evening? Test 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 4 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

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Why would an orangutan in a zoo enclosure still pile up blankets every evening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** orangutan · **What happens:** pile up · **To what, where:** blankets

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t4:1
# text = Why would an orangutan in a zoo enclosure still pile up blankets every evening?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	orangutan	orangutan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	pile	pile	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile up** | present | a orangutan in a zoo enclosure | blankets |  |  | still; evening |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme blanket=Destination |

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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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It is cold-blooded and must keep itself warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t4:o1:1
# text = It is cold-blooded and must keep itself warm
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	blooded	blooded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | blooded *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | must |  | itself *= it* |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It is building a house to live in all year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t4:o2:1
# text = It is building a house to live in all year
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · progressive | It | a house |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material house=Product |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is hiding its food from the keeper at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t4:o3:1
# text = It is hiding its food from the keeper at night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · progressive | It | its food |  | the keeper | night |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Patient from keeper=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Orangutans build a fresh bed every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t4:o4:1
# text = Orangutans build a fresh bed every night
1	Orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | Orangutans | a fresh bed |  |  | night |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product |

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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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