Test 7 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs

ugh tutankhamun was the greatest pharaoh ever wasn't he?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ugh tutankhamun · What happens: be, not be · To what, where: greatest pharaoh, he

This is test 7 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	ugh	ugh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tutankhamun	amod
2	tutankhamun	tutankhamun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pharaoh	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pharaoh	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pharaoh	det
5	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 pharaoh	amod
6	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 he	advmod
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 he	cop
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 he	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pharaoh	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pharaoh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	ugh tutankhamun	the greatest pharaoh					tree rules
2	not is a	past		he			ever		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

Yes, he ruled for 66 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 ruled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ruled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruled	nsubj
4	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	66	66	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	he				year		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, he was never a pharaoh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 pharaoh	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pharaoh	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pharaoh	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 pharaoh	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pharaoh	det
7	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	he	a pharaoh					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, he was a minor king made famous by his tomb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 king	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 king	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 king	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 king	acl
9	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 made	xcomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 tomb	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tomb	nmod:poss
12	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a minor king					tree rules
2	make	participle		a minor king not said here				by king's tomb; famous property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

Yes, he built all the pyramids and the Sphinx as well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 built	nsubj
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 pyramids	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pyramids	det
7	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Sphinx	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sphinx	det
10	Sphinx	sphinx	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pyramids	conj
11	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	4 built	advmod
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	he	all pyramids and the Sphinx					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pyramid=Product

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