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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the domestic cat. Exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 4 · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the domestic cat.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, origin

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» 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/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the domestic cat.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the origin of the domestic cat |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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It descends from the lion, domesticated some million years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:e4:o1:1
# text = It descends from the lion, domesticated some million years ago
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	domesticated	domesticate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present | It |  |  |  |  | from the lion | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from lion=Location |
| 2 | **domesticate** | past |  |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It descends from the domestic dog, domesticated in antiquity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:e4:o2:1
# text = It descends from the domestic dog, domesticated in antiquity
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	domesticated	domesticate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present | It |  |  |  |  | from the domestic dog | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from dog=Location |
| 2 | **domesticate** | participle |  | the domestic dog *not said here* |  | antiquity |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It descends from the African wildcat, kept by humans for some ten thousand years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:e4:o3:1
# text = It descends from the African wildcat, kept by humans for some ten thousand years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wildcat	wildcat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
13	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	compound	_	_
14	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present | It |  |  | the African wildcat |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wildcat=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  |  | year | by humans | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by human=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It descends from the tiger, domesticated by the peoples of India within the past century

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat:e4:o4:1
# text = It descends from the tiger, domesticated by the peoples of India within the past century
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	domesticated	domesticate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	within	within	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present | It |  |  |  | century | from the tiger | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tiger=Location |
| 2 | **domesticate** | participle |  | the tiger *not said here* |  |  |  | by the peoples of India | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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