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title: If someone filmed an orangutan rubbing chewed leaves on a cut, what… — The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos,… · tree and pragmatics
description: If someone filmed an orangutan rubbing chewed leaves on a cut, what would that show? Test 5 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 cho
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# Test 5 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

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If someone filmed an orangutan rubbing chewed leaves on a cut, what would that show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, orangutan rubbing, that · **What happens:** film, chew, show · **To what, where:** leaves, cut

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t5:1
# text = If someone filmed an orangutan rubbing chewed leaves on a cut, what would that show?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
3	filmed	film	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	orangutan	orangutan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chewed	chew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
16	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** | past | a orangutan rubbing | leaves |  | a cut |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |
| 3 | **show** | would | that | a cut |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

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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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Orangutans just like the smell of leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t5:o1:1
# text = Orangutans just like the smell of leaves
1	Orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** |  | leaves |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was cleaning its own face for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t5:o2:1
# text = It was cleaning its own face for fun
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cleaning	clean	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	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | past · progressive | It | its own face |  |  |  | for fun | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent face=Patient for fun=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Apes can use plants to treat wounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t5:o3:1
# text = Apes can use plants to treat wounds
1	Apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | can | Apes | plants |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |
| 2 | **treat** | to-infinitive | Apes *not said here* | wounds |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wound=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was trying to eat the leaves sideways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t5:o4:1
# text = It was trying to eat the leaves sideways
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the leaves |  |  |  | sideways *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |

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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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