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title: In King Kong a giant gorilla climbs a skyscraper and roars at planes… — The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees · tree and pragmatics
description: In King Kong a giant gorilla climbs a skyscraper and roars at planes. What would you fix? Test 1 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 1 · ★ · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees

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In King Kong a giant gorilla climbs a skyscraper and roars at planes. What would you fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant gorilla, you · **What happens:** climb, roar, fix · **To what, where:** skyscraper, planes

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 84 «The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees» 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/84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In King Kong a giant gorilla climbs a skyscraper and roars at planes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t1:1
# text = In King Kong a giant gorilla climbs a skyscraper and roars at planes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	roars	roar	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | a giant gorilla | a skyscraper |  |  |  | in King | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location skyscraper=Theme |
| 2 | **roar** | present | a giant gorilla *not said here* |  |  | planes |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at plane=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would you fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t1:2
# text = What would you fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real gorillas are even bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t1:o1:1
# text = Real gorillas are even bigger
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real gorillas |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, gorillas often climb tall buildings when they get out of the zoo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t1:o2:1
# text = Right, gorillas often climb tall buildings when they get out of the zoo
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
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	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | gorillas | tall buildings |  |  |  | often *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location building=Theme |
| 2 | **get out** | present | gorillas *= gorilla* | the zoo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real gorillas eat aeroplanes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t1:o3:1
# text = Real gorillas eat aeroplanes
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	aeroplanes	aeroplane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Real gorillas | aeroplanes |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aeroplane=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Real gorillas are calm, about 200 kg, and seldom climb high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t1:o4:1
# text = Real gorillas are calm, about 200 kg, and seldom climb high
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kg	kg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real gorillas |  |  |  |  | 200 kg *obl*; calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb** | present | Real gorillas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high, seldom *property* | 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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