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description: «why do the chimps keep picking at each other, got fleas or what» What is right? Test 11 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees

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«why do the chimps keep picking at each other, got fleas or what» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chimps · **What happens:** keep, pick, get, be · **To what, where:** fleas

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t11:1
# text = «why do the chimps keep picking at each other, got fleas or what» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
7	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	7	obl	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	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	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the chimps |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick** *in a quote* | gerund | the chimps *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at each | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at each=Patient |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past |  | fleas |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flea=Stimulus |
| 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 {#o1}

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They are looking for bananas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t11:o1:1
# text = They are looking for bananas
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | for bananas | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for banana=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are fighting very slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t11:o2:1
# text = They are fighting very slowly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, all zoo chimps have fleas and are picking them off to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, all zoo chimps have fleas and are picking them off to eat
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chimps	chimp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | all zoo chimps | fleas |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Patient |
| 2 | **pick off** | present · progressive | all zoo chimps *not said here* | fleas *= flea* |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | all zoo chimps *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Grooming cleans the fur and keeps friendships strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees:t11:o4:1
# text = Grooming cleans the fur and keeps friendships strong
1	Grooming	grooming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cleans	clean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | present | Grooming | the fur |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Grooming *not said here* | friendships |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=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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