--- title: Why did Clever Hans still deserve the name clever? — How scientists test animal minds: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Clever Hans still deserve the name clever? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t11/) [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/) / [How scientists test animal minds: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle… Why did Clever Hans still deserve the name clever? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Clever · **What happens:** deserve · **To what, where:** name This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» 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/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t11:1 # text = Why did Clever Hans still deserve the name clever? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 Clever Clever PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deserve** | past · do-support | Clever | the name | | | still | clever *property* | tree rules | 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} He could talk ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t11:o1:1 # text = He could talk 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | could | He | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He could do real sums in his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t11:o2:1 # text = He could do real sums in his head 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sums sum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | could | He | real sums | | his head | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} He could write numbers in the sand with his hoof ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t11:o3:1 # text = He could write numbers in the sand with his hoof 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hoof hoof NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | could | He | numbers | | the sand | | with his hoof | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent number=Theme in sand=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He was very good at reading people's tiny movements ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t11:o4:1 # text = He was very good at reading people's tiny movements 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 movements movement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **read** | gerund | He *not said here* | people's tiny movements | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Topic | | 3 | **move** | | people | | | | | | nom movement «act transitive»: poss=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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