--- title: Why would a male orangutan want huge cheek pads? — The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bo… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a male orangutan want huge cheek pads? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bonobos and how apes think» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bonobos and how apes t… Why would a male orangutan want huge cheek pads? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** male orangutan · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** huge cheek pads This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bonobos and how apes think» 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/85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t12:1 # text = Why would a male orangutan want huge cheek pads? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 orangutan orangutan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 pads pad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a male orangutan | huge cheek pads | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pad=Theme | 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} They store food for the long, hungry winter months ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t12:o1:1 # text = They store food for the long, hungry winter months 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 store store VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | present | They | food | | | month | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They help him float in rivers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t12:o2:1 # text = They help him float in rivers 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | They | him *= he* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **float** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | rivers | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} They keep rain out of his ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t12:o3:1 # text = They keep rain out of his ears 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | They | rain | | his ears | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rain=Theme out ear=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They show others he is a strong, grown-up male ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t12:o4:1 # text = They show others he is a strong, grown-up male 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 12 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | They | others | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient | | 2 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | he | a strong grown male | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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