Test 5 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs

Why did Hatshepsut sometimes wear a false beard?

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

This is test 5 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 wear	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Hatshepsut	aux
3	Hatshepsut	Hatshepsut	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wear	obl
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 wear	advmod
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beard	det
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beard	amod
8	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wear	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present		Hatshepsut				sometimes property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent beard=Source

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

It was part of a king's royal look

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 part	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 part	cop
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 look	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	amod
9	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	part				of a king's royal look	tree rules

Option 2

She was hiding from robbers in the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hiding	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hiding	aux
3	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 robbers	case
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hiding	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 city	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	She			robbers		in the city	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from robber=Beneficiary

Option 3

Beards kept the hot sun off her face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beards	beard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sun	det
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sun	amod
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Beards	the hot sun				off her face	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme

Option 4

It was a joke at a party

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	4 joke	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 party	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a joke		a party			tree rules

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