--- title: What would happen if a young chimp grew up with no older chimps to c… — How close are apes to us? · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a young chimp grew up with no older chimps to copy? Test 9 · ★★★ 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. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★★ · How close are apes to us? What would happen if a young chimp grew up with no older chimps to copy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young chimp · **What happens:** happen, grow up, copy This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t9:1 # text = What would happen if a young chimp grew up with no older chimps to copy? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 chimp chimp NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 12 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 amod _ _ 13 chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 copy copy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow up** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a young chimp | | | | | with no older chimps | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **copy** | to-infinitive | a young chimp *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It would know everything by instinct, so it would crack nuts anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t9:o1:1 # text = It would know everything by instinct, so it would crack nuts anyway 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 instinct instinct NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | would | It | everything | | | | by instinct | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 2 | **crack** | would | instinct | nuts | | | | anyway *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would learn to talk instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t9:o2:1 # text = It would learn to talk instead 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | would | It | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | | | | | | instead *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It might never learn its group's traditions, like nut cracking ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t9:o3:1 # text = It might never learn its group's traditions, like nut cracking 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 cracking cracking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **learn** | might | It | its group's traditions | | | | like nut cracking | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tradition=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would invent writing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:17-how-close-are-apes-to-us:t9:o4:1 # text = It would invent writing 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 invent invent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | would | It | writing | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Result | **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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