Exam question 2 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the so-called curse of Tutankhamun.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, call, curse · To what, where: response, called curse, Tutankhamun · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 curse	det
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 called	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 so	punct
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 curse	amod
14	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Tutankhamun	case
16	Tutankhamun	Tutankhamun	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 curse	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the called curse of Tutankhamun		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus curse=Experiencer
4	call	participle				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	curse			Tutankhamun		nom curse «communication transitive»: of=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

Option 1

It is recorded upon the walls of the tomb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 recorded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recorded	aux:pass
3	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 walls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recorded	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tomb	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tomb	det
9	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		It		the walls of the tomb			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon wall=Destination

Option 2

It is attested by the deaths of all the excavators

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attested	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attested	aux:pass
3	attested	attest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 deaths	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deaths	det
6	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attested	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 excavators	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 excavators	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 excavators	det
10	excavators	excavator	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deaths	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attest	present · passive	the deaths of all excavators	It					tree rules
2	die		all excavators						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It was proclaimed by Ramesses II

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 proclaimed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proclaimed	aux:pass
3	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Ramesses	case
5	Ramesses	Ramesses	PROPN	_	3 proclaimed	obl:agent
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 Ramesses	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proclaim	past · passive	Ramesses	It					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a journalistic legend without foundation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 legend	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 legend	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 legend	det
4	journalistic	journalistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 legend	amod
5	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 foundation	case
7	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 legend	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a journalistic legend				without foundation	tree rules

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