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description: Identify the region in which, approximately twelve millennia ago, the cultivation of wheat and barley is first attested. Exam question 1 of lesson 2 «The first farms and towns» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 1 · The first farms and towns

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Identify the region in which, approximately twelve millennia ago, the cultivation of wheat and barley is first attested.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, attest, cultivate · **To what, where:** region, cultivation, wheat

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «The first farms and towns» of the history 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/history/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e1:1
# text = Identify the region in which, approximately twelve millennia ago, the cultivation of wheat and barley is first attested.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	millennia	millennia	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	20	advmod	_	_
20	attested	attest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 region |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **attest** | present · passive |  | the cultivation of wheat and barley |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cultivate** |  |  | wheat and barley |  |  |  |  | nom cultivation «act 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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The Middle East

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e1:o1:1
# text = The Middle East
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The southern tip of Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e1:o2:1
# text = The southern tip of Africa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Africa	Africa	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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Northern and Western Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e1:o3:1
# text = Northern and Western Europe
1	Northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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North America and Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e1:o4:1
# text = North America and Canada
1	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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