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title: «circus elephant can do tricks so it's tame, like a cow» What is rig… — Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: h… · tree and pragmatics
description: «circus elephant can do tricks so it's tame, like a cow» What is right? Test 4 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed anim…

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«circus elephant can do tricks so it's tame, like a cow» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** circus elephant, elephant, cow · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** tricks

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 293 «Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed animals» 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/293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:t4:1
# text = «circus elephant can do tricks so it's tame, like a cow» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	circus	circus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | can | circus elephant | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | elephant |  |  |  |  | like a cow; tame *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a cow |  |  |  |  | right *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It was trained, but elephants as a kind were never tamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:t4:o1:1
# text = It was trained, but elephants as a kind were never tamed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	tamed	tame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **tame** | past · passive |  | elephants as a kind |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All elephants are born tame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:t4:o2:1
# text = All elephants are born tame
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | all elephants |  |  |  | tame *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, elephants are just as tame as cows on a farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, elephants are just as tame as cows on a farm
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | elephants |  |  |  |  | as cows on a farm; tame *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Elephants were tamed long before dogs, in the Stone Age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals:t4:o4:1
# text = Elephants were tamed long before dogs, in the Stone Age
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	tamed	tame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Stone	Stone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tame** | past · passive |  | Elephants |  |  | in the Stone Age; before dogs | long *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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