--- title: Identify the principal reason for which termite fishing by chimpanze… — Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Ka… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which termite fishing by chimpanzees is regarded as tool manufacture. Exam question 1 of lesson 387 «Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Kanzi the bonobo and Ayumu's memory» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory/e1/) [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/) / [Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Ka…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Kanzi the bonobo and A… Identify the principal reason for which termite fishing by chimpanzees is regarded as tool manufacture. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, chimpanzees · **What happens:** identify, regard, fish · **To what, where:** principal reason, termite fishing This is exam question 1 of lesson 387 «Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Kanzi the bonobo and Ayumu's memory» 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/387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which termite fishing by chimpanzees is regarded as tool manufacture. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 7 termite termite NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 chimpanzees chimpanzee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 manufacture manufacture NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **regard** | present · passive | | termite fishing by chimpanzees | | | | for the principal reason; as tool manufacture | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute | | 3 | **fish** | | chimpanzees | | | | | | nom fishing «act transitive»: by=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} The termites themselves construct the implement for the chimpanzee ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:e1:o1:1 # text = The termites themselves construct the implement for the chimpanzee 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 termites termite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ 4 construct construct VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 implement implement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chimpanzee chimpanzee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **construct** | present | the termites termites | the implement | | | | for the chimpanzee | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent implement=Result for chimpanzee=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} The stem is employed without any alteration ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:e1:o2:1 # text = The stem is employed without any alteration 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 alteration alteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | present · passive | | the stem | | | | without any alteration | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The behaviour is confined to captive animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:e1:o3:1 # text = The behaviour is confined to captive animals 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 confined confine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confine** | present · passive | | the behaviour | captive animals | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to animal=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The animal modifies the stem by stripping its leaves prior to use ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:e1:o4:1 # text = The animal modifies the stem by stripping its leaves prior to use 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 modifies modify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stripping strip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 7 xcomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **modify** | present | the animal | the stem | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stem=Patient | | 2 | **strip** | gerund | the animal *not said here* | animal's leaves | | | | prior *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | the animal *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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