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title: In King Kong a giant ape is found on a hidden island. What is true a… — Strange discoveries: living fossils, h… · tree and pragmatics
description: In King Kong a giant ape is found on a hidden island. What is true about real hidden apes? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 190 «Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and animals found in drawers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and anima…

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In King Kong a giant ape is found on a hidden island. What is true about real hidden apes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** find, be · **To what, where:** giant ape, hidden island

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 190 «Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and animals found in drawers» 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/190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In King Kong a giant ape is found on a hidden island.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t5:1
# text = In King Kong a giant ape is found on a hidden island.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive |  | a giant ape |  | a hidden island |  | in King | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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:* What is true about real hidden apes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t5:2
# text = What is true about real hidden apes?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about real hidden apes; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Gorillas live only in films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t5:o1:1
# text = Gorillas live only in films
1	Gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Gorillas |  |  | films |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All apes were found a thousand years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t5:o2:1
# text = All apes were found a thousand years ago
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | all apes |  |  | year |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Mountain gorillas were described by scientists only in 1902, though local people knew them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t5:o3:1
# text = Mountain gorillas were described by scientists only in 1902, though local people knew them
1	Mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1902	1902	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | past · passive | scientists | Mountain gorillas |  | 1902 |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | past | local people | gorillas *= gorilla* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Giant apes the size of buildings live on islands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t5:o4:1
# text = Giant apes the size of buildings live on islands
1	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Giant apes |  |  | islands |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location |

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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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