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title: «chimps just find sticks, that ain't making tools» What is right? — Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Ka… · tree and pragmatics
description: «chimps just find sticks, that ain't making tools» What is right? Test 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 the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 1 · ★ · Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Kanzi the bonobo and A…

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«chimps just find sticks, that ain't making tools» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chimps · **What happens:** find, not make, be · **To what, where:** sticks, tools · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t1:1
# text = «chimps just find sticks, that ain't making tools» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ai	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Vrnc|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | present | chimps | sticks |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | gerund | chimps *not said here* | tools |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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They strip the leaves first, so they shape a tool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t1:o1:1
# text = They strip the leaves first, so they shape a tool
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	strip	strip	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	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shape	shape	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strip** | present | They | the leaves |  |  |  | first *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |
| 2 | **shape** | present | leaves *= leaf* | a tool |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tool=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only people make tools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t1:o2:1
# text = Only people make tools
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | people | tools |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chimps cannot hold sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t1:o3:1
# text = Chimps cannot hold sticks
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** | can | Chimps | sticks |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they never change the stick in any way at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, they never change the stick in any way at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | they | the stick |  | any way at all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient |

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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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