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title: My cousin says Gilgamesh is a Marvel hero. What is he really? — Mesopotamia: the first cities and writ… · tree and pragmatics
description: My cousin says Gilgamesh is a Marvel hero. What is he really? Test 7 of lesson 3 «Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing

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My cousin says Gilgamesh is a Marvel hero. What is he really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, Gilgamesh · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Marvel hero · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 3 «Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My cousin says Gilgamesh is a Marvel hero.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:t7:1
# text = My cousin says Gilgamesh is a Marvel hero.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Gilgamesh	Gilgamesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Marvel	marvel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Gilgamesh | a Marvel hero |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is he really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:t7:2
# text = What is he really?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gilgamesh |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A Chinese inventor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:t7:o1:1
# text = A Chinese inventor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	inventor	inventor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A king in one of the oldest written stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:t7:o2:1
# text = A king in one of the oldest written stories
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A Roman emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:t7:o3:1
# text = A Roman emperor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A Viking god of thunder with a magic hammer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:t7:o4:1
# text = A Viking god of thunder with a magic hammer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Viking	Viking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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