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title: Why might wrinkly wet fingers have helped our ancestors? — The human body deeper: bones, muscles… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might wrinkly wet fingers have helped our ancestors? Test 11 of lesson 263 «The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin» 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 11 · The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin

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Why might wrinkly wet fingers have helped our ancestors?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wet fingers · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** ancestors

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This is test 11 of lesson 263 «The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin» 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/263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t11:1
# text = Why might wrinkly wet fingers have helped our ancestors?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	wrinkly	wrinkly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | might · perfect | wet fingers | our ancestors |  |  |  | wrinkly *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ancestor=Beneficiary |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They may grip better on wet rocks and in streams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t11:o1:1
# text = They may grip better on wet rocks and in streams
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grip	grip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grip** | may | They |  |  |  |  | on wet rocks and streams; well *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent on rock=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They keep the fingers warmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t11:o2:1
# text = They keep the fingers warmer
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | They | the fingers |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They make hands look older and wiser

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t11:o3:1
# text = They make hands look older and wiser
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | They | hands |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | hands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They stop water getting in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t11:o4:1
# text = They stop water getting in
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | They | water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get in** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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