Test 4 · Kings, queens and emperors

Gemma says Cleopatra was "Egyptian like the pyramid pharaohs". What would you add?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gemma, Cleopatra, you · What happens: say, be, add · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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: Gemma says Cleopatra was "Egyptian like the pyramid pharaohs".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gemma	Gemma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Egyptian	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Egyptian	cop
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Egyptian	punct
6	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 pharaohs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pharaohs	det
9	pyramid	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pharaohs	compound
10	pharaohs	pharaoh	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Egyptian	obl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Egyptian	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Gemma						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	Cleopatra					like the pyramid pharaohs; egyptian 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 would you add?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 add	obl
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 add	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 add	nsubj
4	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	would	you						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

She was the very first pharaoh of all, long before the pyramids were built

The tree, 14 words

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	6 pharaoh	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pharaoh	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pharaoh	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 first	advmod
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 pharaoh	amod
6	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 pharaoh	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 long	punct
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 pharaoh	advmod
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 built	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pyramids	det
13	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 built	nsubj:pass
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 built	aux:pass
15	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	the first pharaoh				of all; long property	tree rules
2	build	past · passive		the pyramids					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

She built the Great Pyramid for her tomb

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	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Pyramid	det
4	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Pyramid	amod
5	Pyramid	Pyramid	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 tomb	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tomb	nmod:poss
8	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	She	the Great Pyramid				for her tomb	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent pyramid=Product for tomb=Asset

Option 3

She was Roman and never set foot in Egypt

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 Roman	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Roman	cop
3	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 set	cc
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 set	advmod
6	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 Roman	conj
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 set	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Egypt	case
9	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					roman property	tree rules
2	not set	infinitive	She not said here	foot		Egypt			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in egypt=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She ruled Egypt, but her family was Greek and came much later

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	2 ruled	nsubj
2	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ruled	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Greek	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 Greek	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 family	nmod:poss
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Greek	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Greek	cop
9	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ruled	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 came	cc
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ruled	conj
12	much	much	ADV	_	13 later	advmod
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rule	past	She	Egypt		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Result
2	is	past	Egypt's family		greek property	tree rules
3	come	past	She not said here		late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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