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title: State the name of the publication of Charles Darwin which appeared i… — Evolution simply: why living things ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the name of the publication of Charles Darwin which appeared in the year 1859. Exam question 4 of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 4 · Evolution simply: why living things change over many gener…

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State the name of the publication of Charles Darwin which appeared in the year 1859.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, name · **What happens:** state, appear, name, publish · **To what, where:** name, publication, Charles

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» 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/73-evolution-simply/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:e4:1
# text = State the name of the publication of Charles Darwin which appeared in the year 1859.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	publication	publication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	Darwin	Darwin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	1859	1859	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the name of the publication of Charles |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **appear** | past | the name of the publication of Charles |  |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | the publication of Charles |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **publish** |  |  | Charles |  |  |  |  | nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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On the Origin of Species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:e4:o1:1
# text = On the Origin of Species
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Origin	Origin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Species	Specie	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Natural History of Selborne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:e4:o2:1
# text = The Natural History of Selborne
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	History	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Selborne	Selborne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Descent of the Beagle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:e4:o3:1
# text = The Descent of the Beagle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Descent	Descent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Beagle	Beagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Voyage of the Galapagos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:e4:o4:1
# text = The Voyage of the Galapagos
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Voyage	Voyage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Galapagos	Galapagos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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