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title: my uncle says if we came from monkeys why are there still monkeys. w… — How close are apes to us? · tree and pragmatics
description: my uncle says if we came from monkeys why are there still monkeys. what's the answer Test 1 · ★★★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · How close are apes to us?

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my uncle says if we came from monkeys why are there still monkeys. what's the answer

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, we, answer · **What happens:** say, come, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 17 «How close are apes to us?» 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/17-how-close-are-apes-to-us/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t1:1
# text = my uncle says if we came from monkeys why are there still monkeys. what's the answer
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | we |  |  |  |  | from monkeys | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from monkey=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | monkeys *obl*; there *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Monkeys are slowly turning into people right now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t1:o1:1
# text = Monkeys are slowly turning into people right now
1	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present · progressive | Monkeys |  |  |  | now | into people *result*; slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into people=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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We did not come from today's apes; we share ancestors with them, and both lines changed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t1:o2:1
# text = We did not come from today's apes; we share ancestors with them, and both lines changed
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | We |  |  | today's apes |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ape=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **share** | present | we | ancestors |  |  |  | with ancestors *= ancestor* | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | past | both lines |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is right, so evolution is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t1:o3:1
# text = He is right, so evolution is wrong
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	evolution	evolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | evolution |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The monkeys left behind were the lazy ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t1:o4:1
# text = The monkeys left behind were the lazy ones
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave behind** | participle |  | the monkeys *not said here* |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the monkeys | the lazy ones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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