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title: Identify the wild progenitor of all domestic cattle. — Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: h… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the wild progenitor of all domestic cattle. Exam question 1 of lesson 293 «Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed animals» 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.
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# Exam question 1 · Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed anim…

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Identify the wild progenitor of all domestic cattle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** wild progenitor

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 293 «Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed animals» 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/293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:e1:1
# text = Identify the wild progenitor of all domestic cattle.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	progenitor	progenitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 wild progenitor of all domestic cattle |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent progenitor=Theme |

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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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The water buffalo of Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:e1:o1:1
# text = The water buffalo of Asia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The aurochs, a large wild ox which became extinct in 1627

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:e1:o2:1
# text = The aurochs, a large wild ox which became extinct in 1627
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	aurochs	auroch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1627	1627	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the aurochs |  |  |  |  | in 1627 *result*; extinct *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1627=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The American bison, which still roams the plains in herds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:e1:o3:1
# text = The American bison, which still roams the plains in herds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	roams	roam	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | present | the American bison | the plains |  | herds | still |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme plain=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The mountain yak of the Himalaya and the high plateau of Tibet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:e1:o4:1
# text = The mountain yak of the Himalaya and the high plateau of Tibet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	yak	yak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Himalaya	Himalaya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plateau	plateau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

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