Test 10 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs
Cleopatra made friends with Roman leaders. What was she trying to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cleopatra · What happens: make, try, do · To what, where: friends
This is test 10 of lesson 5 «Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs» of the history course of Mova's primary school. 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
Sentence 1: Cleopatra made friends with Roman leaders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleopatra | Cleopatra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 leaders | case |
| 5 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 leaders | amod |
| 6 | leaders | leader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Cleopatra | friends | with Roman leaders | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |
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.
Sentence 2: What was she trying to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 trying | obj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trying | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trying | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 trying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | Cleopatra | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | Cleopatra not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep Egypt free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | Egypt | free property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme |
Option 2
Start the Olympic Games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Games | det |
| 3 | Olympic | Olympic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Games | compound |
| 4 | Games | Game | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Start | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | imperative | you not said here | the Olympic Games | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |
Option 3
Move Egypt to Italy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Italy | case |
| 4 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | Egypt | Italy | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme to italy=Result |
Option 4
Become a Roman senator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Become | become | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 senator | det |
| 3 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 senator | amod |
| 4 | senator | senator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | imperative | you not said here | a Roman senator | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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