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title: «my uncle says we came from monkeys, so why are there still chimps»… — Evolution simply: why living things ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my uncle says we came from monkeys, so why are there still chimps» What is right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 2 · ★ · Evolution simply: why living things change over many gener…

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«my uncle says we came from monkeys, so why are there still chimps» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, we · **What happens:** say, come, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» 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/73-evolution-simply/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t2:1
# text = «my uncle says we came from monkeys, so why are there still chimps» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	parataxis	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  |  | from monkeys | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | chimps *obl*; there *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **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 {#o1}

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Chimps are humans who stopped evolving long ago and stayed in the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t2:o1:1
# text = Chimps are humans who stopped evolving long ago and stayed in the trees
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	evolving	evolve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Chimps | humans |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | past | humans |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **evolve** | gerund | humans *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **stay** | past | humans *not said here* |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Humans came from today's gorillas instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t2:o2:1
# text = Humans came from today's gorillas instead
1	Humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Humans |  |  |  |  | from today's gorillas; instead *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from gorilla=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chimps will turn into humans soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t2:o3:1
# text = Chimps will turn into humans soon
1	Chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | future | Chimps |  |  |  |  | into humans *result*; soon *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into human=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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We did not come from today's chimps; both lines are cousins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t2:o4:1
# text = We did not come from today's chimps; both lines are cousins
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | We |  |  | today's chimps |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from chimp=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is a** | present | both lines | cousins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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