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description: «why'd anyone believe chimps use tools, they're just animals» What did Jane Goodall see? Test 8 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 8 · Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maatha…

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«why'd anyone believe chimps use tools, they're just animals» What did Jane Goodall see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** anyone, chimps, Jane · **What happens:** believe, use, be, see · **To what, where:** tools, animals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» 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/284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t8:1
# text = «why'd anyone believe chimps use tools, they're just animals» What did Jane Goodall see?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	Jane	Jane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	Goodall	Goodall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	_
19	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** *in a quote* | would | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **use** *in a quote* | present | chimps | tools |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | chimps *= chimp* | animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **see** | past · do-support | Jane | animals |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Chimps stripping twigs to fish termites out of mounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t8:o1:1
# text = Chimps stripping twigs to fish termites out of mounds
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	stripping	strip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	twigs	twig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	termites	termite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mounds	mound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strip** | gerund | Chimps *not said here* | twigs |  |  |  | to fish termites out mounds | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twig=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chimps writing letters on paper with pencils she gave them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t8:o2:1
# text = Chimps writing letters on paper with pencils she gave them
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
2	writing	write	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund | Chimps *not said here* | letters |  | paper |  | with pencils | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme on paper=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past | Chimps |  | letters *= letter* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chimps building cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t8:o3:1
# text = Chimps building cars
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	building	build	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | gerund | Chimps *not said here* | cars |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset car=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chimps cooking with fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:t8:o4:1
# text = Chimps cooking with fire
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | gerund | Chimps *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with fire | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient with fire=Instrument |

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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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