Test 7 · ★★ · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs
Your heart, in Egyptian belief, is lighter than the feather. What happens?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: heart · What happens: be, happen
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» 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: Your heart, in Egyptian belief, is lighter than the feather.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 heart | nmod:poss |
| 2 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lighter | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 belief | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 belief | case |
| 5 | Egyptian | Egyptian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 belief | amod |
| 6 | belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heart | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 heart | punct |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lighter | cop |
| 9 | lighter | light | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 12 feather | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 feather | det |
| 12 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lighter | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 lighter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your heart and Egyptian belief | than the feather; light 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.
Sentence 2: What happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
You must come back as a cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 cat | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cat | det |
| 7 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | must | You | as a cat | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nothing, the scales are thrown away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 scales | det |
| 4 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 thrown | aux:pass |
| 6 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 thrown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | present · passive | Nothing | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You may pass to a happy afterlife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 pass | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pass | aux |
| 3 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 afterlife | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 afterlife | det |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 afterlife | amod |
| 7 | afterlife | afterlife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pass | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | may | You | a happy afterlife | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to afterlife=Initial_Location |
Option 4
You become a pharaoh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 become | nsubj |
| 2 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pharaoh | det |
| 4 | pharaoh | pharaoh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | You | a pharaoh | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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