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title: Why does a long childhood make orangutans slow to recover? — Endangered animals and extinction · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a long childhood make orangutans slow to recover? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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 was right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction

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Why does a long childhood make orangutans slow to recover?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** orangutans · **What happens:** do, make, recover · **To what, where:** long childhood, orangutans

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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/77-endangered-animals-and-extinction/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t6:1
# text = Why does a long childhood make orangutans slow to recover?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	recover	recover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | a long childhood |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent childhood=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | orangutans |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset orangutan=Product |
| 3 | **recover** | to-infinitive | orangutans *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Long childhoods make orangutans weak and lazy when they grow up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t6:o1:1
# text = Long childhoods make orangutans weak and lazy when they grow up
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	childhoods	childhood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Long childhoods | orangutans |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset orangutan=Product |
| 2 | **grow up** | present | childhoods *= childhood* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Orangutans stop having babies after one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t6:o2:1
# text = Orangutans stop having babies after one
1	Orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Orangutans |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | Orangutans *not said here* | babies |  |  | after one |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Each mother raises a baby for about 7 to 8 years, so few are born

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t6:o3:1
# text = Each mother raises a baby for about 7 to 8 years, so few are born
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | each mother | a baby |  |  | year |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | present · passive | each mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Babies never leave their mothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t6:o4:1
# text = Babies never leave their mothers
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | present | Babies | Babies's mothers |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme |

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