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title: Which is the fastest way to cross a forest canopy for an ape? — The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the fastest way to cross a forest canopy for an ape? Test 9 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The ape house: orangutans, gibbons, bonobos and how apes t…

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Which is the fastest way to cross a forest canopy for an ape?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, cross · **To what, where:** fastest way, forest canopy

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t9:1
# text = Which is the fastest way to cross a forest canopy for an ape?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	canopy	canopy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the fastest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive |  | a forest canopy |  |  |  | for a ape | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canopy=Patient |

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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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A gibbon swinging arm over arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t9:o1:1
# text = A gibbon swinging arm over arm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gibbon	gibbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** | gerund | a gibbon *not said here* | arm |  | arm |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent arm=Theme over arm=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bonobo hopping along on one leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t9:o2:1
# text = A bonobo hopping along on one leg
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bonobo	bonobo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | gerund | a bonobo *not said here* |  |  | one leg |  | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A gorilla climbing slowly up the trunk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t9:o3:1
# text = A gorilla climbing slowly up the trunk
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund | a gorilla *not said here* |  |  | the trunk |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up trunk=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An orangutan walking on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos:t9:o4:1
# text = An orangutan walking on the ground
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orangutan	orangutan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | a orangutan *not said here* |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory |

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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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