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# Exam question 2 · Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and miss…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relationship between humans and present-day chimpanzees.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, relationship

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 280 «Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and missing links» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relationship between humans and present-day chimpanzees.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the relationship |  |  |  | between humans and day chimpanzees | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relationship=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No relationship of any kind exists between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:e2:o1:1
# text = No relationship of any kind exists between them
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | no relationship of any kind |  |  |  |  | between them *= they* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They share common ancestors, neither having descended from the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:e2:o2:1
# text = They share common ancestors, neither having descended from the other
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc:preconj	_	_
7	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
8	descended	descend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | They | common ancestors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **descend** | gerund · perfect | They *not said here* |  |  | the other |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from other=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Humans are descended directly from the chimpanzees living at the present day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:e2:o3:1
# text = Humans are descended directly from the chimpanzees living at the present day
1	Humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	descended	descend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present · passive |  | Humans |  | the chimpanzees |  | directly *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | the chimpanzees *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chimpanzees are descended from present-day humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:e2:o4:1
# text = Chimpanzees are descended from present-day humans
1	Chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	descended	descend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present · passive |  | Chimpanzees |  |  |  | from day humans | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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