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title: A newborn chimp grips its mother's fur on day one. Can a newborn hum… — How close are apes to us? · tree and pragmatics
description: A newborn chimp grips its mother's fur on day one. Can a newborn human baby do that and ride along? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 rig
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · How close are apes to us?

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A newborn chimp grips its mother's fur on day one. Can a newborn human baby do that and ride along?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** newborn chimp, newborn human baby · **What happens:** grip, do, ride along · **To what, where:** fur, that

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A newborn chimp grips its mother's fur on day one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t12:1
# text = A newborn chimp grips its mother's fur on day one.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	newborn	newborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chimp	chimp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grips	grip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grip** | present | a newborn chimp | chimp's mother's fur |  |  | day |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Can a newborn human baby do that and ride along?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t12:2
# text = Can a newborn human baby do that and ride along?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	newborn	newborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	along	along	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | a newborn human baby | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ride along** | infinitive | a newborn human baby *not said here* |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because human babies have no hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t12:o1:1
# text = No, because human babies have no hands
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | human babies | no hands |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, human babies ride on their mothers' backs from day one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, human babies ride on their mothers' backs from day one
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | human babies |  |  | babies's mothers's backs | day |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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

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No, human babies are even more helpless at birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t12:o3:1
# text = No, human babies are even more helpless at birth
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	helpless	helpless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | human babies |  |  | birth |  | helpless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, but only with their feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only with their feet
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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