--- title: Identify the animal from which, according to the established evidenc… — Wolves and dogs · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the animal from which, according to the established evidence, all domestic dogs are descended. Exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/e1/) [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/) / [Wolves and dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Wolves and dogs Identify the animal from which, according to the established evidence, all domestic dogs are descended. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, accord, establish, descend · **To what, where:** animal, domestic dogs This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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/24-wolves-and-dogs/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e1:1 # text = Identify the animal from which, according to the established evidence, all domestic dogs are descended. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 14 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal | | | | accord the established evidence | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **descend** | present · passive | | all domestic dogs | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The red fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e1:o1:1 # text = The red fox 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The spotted hyena ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e1:o2:1 # text = The spotted hyena 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 spotted spot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 hyena hyena NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot** | participle | | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The grey wolf ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e1:o3:1 # text = The grey wolf 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The brown bear ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e1:o4:1 # text = The brown bear 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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