--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The first farms and towns · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origins of agriculture? Exam question 2 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; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/e2/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The first farms and towns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The first farms and towns Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origins of agriculture? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** origins This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origins of agriculture? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 origins origin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 agriculture agriculture NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the origins of agriculture | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} It was devised by a single individual in one locality ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e2:o1:1 # text = It was devised by a single individual in one locality 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 devised devise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 individual individual NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 locality locality NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devise** | past · passive | a single individual in one locality | It | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It originated exclusively in the British Isles ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e2:o2:1 # text = It originated exclusively in the British Isles 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 originated originate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Isles Isle PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **originate** | past | It | | | the British Isles | | exclusively *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It arose gradually and independently in several regions ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e2:o3:1 # text = It arose gradually and independently in several regions 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 independently independently ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | It | | | several regions | | gradually *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in region=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was introduced simultaneously throughout the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:2-the-first-farms-and-towns:e2:o4:1 # text = It was introduced simultaneously throughout the world 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 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 simultaneously simultaneously ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **introduce** | past · passive | | It | | | throughout the world | simultaneously *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: 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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