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title: why do they say orangutans are in danger, there's loads in zoos innit — The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos,… · tree and pragmatics
description: why do they say orangutans are in danger, there's loads in zoos innit Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

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why do they say orangutans are in danger, there's loads in zoos innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, orangutans, loads · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** danger, zoos innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t7:1
# text = why do they say orangutans are in danger, there's loads in zoos innit
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	compound	_	_
15	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | orangutans |  |  | danger |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **does** | present | loads |  |  | zoos innit; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in innit=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wild forests are cut down and apes breed slowly, so wild numbers fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t7:o1:1
# text = Wild forests are cut down and apes breed slowly, so wild numbers fall
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	breed	breed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut down** | present · passive |  | Wild forests |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **breed** | present | apes |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | present | wild numbers |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zoos keep taking all of them out of the forests to put on show

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t7:o2:1
# text = Zoos keep taking all of them out of the forests to put on show
1	Zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Zoos | the forests |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | gerund |  | all |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme |
| 3 | **put on** | to-infinitive | Zoos *not said here* | show |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent show=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are not in danger at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t7:o3:1
# text = They are not in danger at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | They |  |  | danger |  | at all | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They catch colds from tourists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:16-the-great-apes:t7:o4:1
# text = They catch colds from tourists
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tourists	tourist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | They | colds |  | tourists |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cold=Theme from tourist=Source |

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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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