--- title: Ascertain which animal was first domesticated by human beings. — The real animals of the Just So Storie… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain which animal was first domesticated by human beings. Exam question 4 of lesson 404 «The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel, rhino, leopard, elephant, kangaroo, armadillo and crab» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab/e4/) [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/) / [The real animals of the Just So Storie…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,… Ascertain which animal was first domesticated by human beings. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, human beings · **What happens:** ascertain, domesticate · **To what, where:** animal This is exam question 4 of lesson 404 «The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel, rhino, leopard, elephant, kangaroo, armadillo and crab» 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/404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:e4:1 # text = Ascertain which animal was first domesticated by human beings. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 6 domesticated domesticate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **domesticate** | past · passive | human beings | which animal | | | | first *property* | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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 {#o1} The cat, in the grain stores of the first farmers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:e4:o1:1 # text = The cat, in the grain stores of the first farmers 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 stores store NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The dog, descended from the wolf ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:e4:o2:1 # text = The dog, descended from the wolf 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | participle | | the dog *not said here* | | the wolf | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wolf=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The horse, upon the steppes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:e4:o3:1 # text = The horse, upon the steppes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 steppes steppe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The cow, descended from the aurochs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab:e4:o4:1 # text = The cow, descended from the aurochs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 aurochs auroch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | participle | | the cow *not said here* | | the aurochs | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from auroch=Location | **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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