Exam question 3 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Hatshepsut?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Hatshepsut

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Hatshepsut	Hatshepsut	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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		Hatshepsut				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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A woman who exercised the office of pharaoh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exercised	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 exercised	nsubj
4	exercised	exercise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 office	det
6	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exercised	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 pharaoh	case
8	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 office	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exercise	past	a woman	the office of pharaoh					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Patient

Option 2

The final ruler of Egypt prior to Roman rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ruler	det
2	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ruler	amod
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Egypt	case
5	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ruler	nmod
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 rule	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 prior	fixed
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rule	amod
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ruler	nmod

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

Option 3

The builder of the Great Pyramid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 builder	det
2	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Pyramid	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pyramid	det
5	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Pyramid	amod
6	Pyramid	Pyramid	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 builder	nmod

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

Option 4

A deity represented with the head of a jackal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 deity	det
2	deity	deity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 deity	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 head	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 represented	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 jackal	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jackal	det
9	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 head	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	participle		a deity not said here				with the head of a jackal	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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