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description: Determine the reason for which an animal of the dimensions of the fictional King Kong could not exist. Exam question 4 of lesson 84 «The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees» 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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# Exam question 4 · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees

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Determine the reason for which an animal of the dimensions of the fictional King Kong could not exist.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, King · **What happens:** determine, not exist · **To what, where:** reason, dimensions

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 84 «The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:e4:1
# text = Determine the reason for which an animal of the dimensions of the fictional King Kong could not exist.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
13	fictional	fictional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	reparandum	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
15	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **exist** | could | King | the dimensions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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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Its bones would fracture under the weight of its own body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:e4:o1:1
# text = Its bones would fracture under the weight of its own body
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fracture	fracture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fracture** | would | Its bones |  |  | the weight of weight's own body |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would be unable to find sufficiently tall buildings to climb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:e4:o2:1
# text = It would be unable to find sufficiently tall buildings to climb
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | It |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | tall buildings |  |  |  | sufficiently *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Topic |
| 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive |  | tall buildings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its voice would be too loud for its own ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:e4:o3:1
# text = Its voice would be too loud for its own ears
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Its voice |  |  |  |  | for voice's own ears; loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its fur would be too heavy to grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:e4:o4:1
# text = Its fur would be too heavy to grow
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Its fur |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Its fur *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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