--- title: If two of your chromosomes had never joined long ago, how many might… — How close are apes to us? · tree and pragmatics description: If two of your chromosomes had never joined long ago, how many might humans have today? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/17-how-close-are-apes-to-us/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [How close are apes to us?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/17-how-close-are-apes-to-us/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · How close are apes to us? If two of your chromosomes had never joined long ago, how many might humans have today? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many · **What happens:** not join, have · **To what, where:** two This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t4:1 # text = If two of your chromosomes had never joined long ago, how many might humans have today? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 chromosomes chromosome NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 10 ago ago ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 nsubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **join** | past · perfect · passive | | two of your chromosomes | | | | ago *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **have** | might | many | | | | today | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} 46, nothing would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t4:o1:1 # text = 46, nothing would change 1 46 46 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 48, like the other great apes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t4:o2:1 # text = 48, like the other great apes 1 48 48 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 apes ape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 44, two fewer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t4:o3:1 # text = 44, two fewer 1 44 44 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 23, half as many ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t4:o4:1 # text = 23, half as many 1 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 5 advmod _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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