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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origins of agriculture? Exam question 2 of lesson 61 «How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origins of agriculture?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** origins

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 61 «How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline» 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/61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline: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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Agriculture arose independently in several regions of the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:e2:o1:1
# text = Agriculture arose independently in several regions of the world
1	Agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	independently	independently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | past | Agriculture |  |  | several regions of the world |  | independently *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in region=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Agriculture preceded the earliest use of fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:e2:o2:1
# text = Agriculture preceded the earliest use of fire
1	Agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	preceded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past | Agriculture | the earliest use of fire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** |  |  | fire |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Agriculture was introduced by the Roman Empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:e2:o3:1
# text = Agriculture was introduced by the Roman Empire
1	Agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | past · passive | the Roman Empire | Agriculture |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Agriculture was devised in Mesopotamia and copied by all others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline:e2:o4:1
# text = Agriculture was devised in Mesopotamia and copied by all others
1	Agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mesopotamia	Mesopotamia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devise** | past · passive |  | Agriculture |  | Mesopotamia |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **copy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by all others | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by other=Destination |

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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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