--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Cats through history: Egypt's sacred c… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the domestication of the cat. Exam question 1 of lesson 294 «Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and Tom and Jerry» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/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/) / [Cats through history: Egypt's sacred c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and T… Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the domestication of the cat. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, domestication This is exam question 1 of lesson 294 «Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and Tom and Jerry» 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/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e1:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the domestication of the 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 domestication domestication NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 domestication of the cat | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus domestication=Experiencer | 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} Cats were domesticated before the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e1:o1:1 # text = Cats were domesticated before the dog 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 domesticated domesticate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **domesticate** | past · passive | the dog | Cats | | | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wild cats were drawn to early farming settlements by rodents and were tolerated there ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e1:o2:1 # text = Wild cats were drawn to early farming settlements by rodents and were tolerated there 1 Wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 farming farming NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 settlements settlement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 rodents rodent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 tolerated tolerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past · passive | rodents | Wild cats | | early farming settlements | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to settlement=Destination | | 2 | **tolerate** | past · passive | rodents *not said here* | | | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cats were deliberately captured and bred by Egyptian kings from the outset ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e1:o3:1 # text = Cats were deliberately captured and bred by Egyptian kings from the outset 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 deliberately deliberately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bred breed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 Egyptian Egyptian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 outset outset NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **capture** | past · passive | | Cats | | | | deliberately *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **breed** | participle | | | | the outset | | by Egyptian kings | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cats descended from the lion, which was gradually reduced in size by selective breeding ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry:e1:o4:1 # text = Cats descended from the lion, which was gradually reduced in size by selective breeding 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 descended descend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|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 , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 selective selective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 breeding breeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | past | Cats | | | | | from the lion | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from lion=Location | | 2 | **reduce** | past · passive | selective breeding | the lion | | size | | gradually *property* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient | **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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