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title: Ascertain the number of chromosomes contained in a human cell and in… — How close are apes to us? · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the number of chromosomes contained in a human cell and in a cell of a chimpanzee respectively. Exam question 2 of lesson 17 «How close are apes to us?» 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
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# Exam question 2 · How close are apes to us?

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Ascertain the number of chromosomes contained in a human cell and in a cell of a chimpanzee respectively.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, contain · **To what, where:** number, chromosomes, human cell

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 17 «How close are apes to us?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/17-how-close-are-apes-to-us/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the number of chromosomes contained in a human cell and in a cell of a chimpanzee respectively.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chromosomes	chromosome	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	chimpanzee	chimpanzee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of chromosomes |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **contain** | participle |  | chromosomes *not said here* |  | a human cell and a cell of a chimpanzee |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cell=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 {#o1}

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Forty-eight and forty-six respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:e2:o1:1
# text = Forty-eight and forty-six respectively
1	Forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
8	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twenty-three and twenty-four respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:e2:o2:1
# text = Twenty-three and twenty-four respectively
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
8	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Forty-six in each instance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:e2:o3:1
# text = Forty-six in each instance
1	Forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Forty-six and forty-eight respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:e2:o4:1
# text = Forty-six and forty-eight respectively
1	Forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
8	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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