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title: Identify the purpose for which the dachshund was originally bred. — Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the purpose for which the dachshund was originally bred. Exam question 2 of lesson 192 «Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds» 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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# Exam question 2 · Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds

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Identify the purpose for which the dachshund was originally bred.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, breed · **To what, where:** purpose, dachshund

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 192 «Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds» 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/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:e2:1
# text = Identify the purpose for which the dachshund was originally bred.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dachshund	dachshund	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	originally	originally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	bred	breed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **breed** | past · passive |  | the dachshund |  |  |  | originally *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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The pulling of sleds across snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:e2:o1:1
# text = The pulling of sleds across snow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pulling	pulling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sleds	sled	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** |  |  | sleds |  | snow |  |  | nom pulling «act transitive»: of=patient across=place |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The pursuit of badgers within their burrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:e2:o2:1
# text = The pursuit of badgers within their burrows
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	badgers	badger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	burrows	burrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** |  |  | badgers |  |  |  | within badgers's burrows | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient within=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The retrieval of waterfowl from lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:e2:o3:1
# text = The retrieval of waterfowl from lakes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	retrieval	retrieval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	waterfowl	waterfowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retrieve** |  |  | waterfowl |  | lakes |  |  | nom retrieval «process transitive»: of=patient from=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The herding of sheep upon open hillsides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:e2:o4:1
# text = The herding of sheep upon open hillsides
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herding	herding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hillsides	hillside	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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