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title: «snow monkeys washing potatoes, that's just instinct» What do scient… — Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Ka… · tree and pragmatics
description: «snow monkeys washing potatoes, that's just instinct» What do scientists say? Test 11 · ★ 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
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# Test 11 · ★ · Clever primates: tool-using chimps, Kanzi the bonobo and A…

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«snow monkeys washing potatoes, that's just instinct» What do scientists say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snow monkeys, that, scientists · **What happens:** wash, be, say · **To what, where:** potatoes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t11:1
# text = «snow monkeys washing potatoes, that's just instinct» What do scientists say?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	instinct	instinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** *in a quote* | gerund | snow monkeys *not said here* | potatoes |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | instinct *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keepers trained each one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t11:o1:1
# text = Keepers trained each one
1	Keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trained	train	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | past | Keepers | each one |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It only happened in a film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t11:o2:1
# text = It only happened in a film
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | It |  |  | a film |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in film=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was a new habit copied from one young female, a piece of culture

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t11:o3:1
# text = It was a new habit copied from one young female, a piece of culture
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a new habit and a piece of culture |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **copy** | participle |  | a new habit and a piece of culture *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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All monkeys are born washing food, just as they are born knowing how to climb

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory:t11:o4:1
# text = All monkeys are born washing food, just as they are born knowing how to climb
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | all monkeys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | gerund |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 3 | **bear** | present · passive |  | monkeys *= monkey* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **climb** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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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