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description: Identify the principal reason for which ancient Egypt has been designated the gift of the Nile. Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 1 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs

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Identify the principal reason for which ancient Egypt has been designated the gift of the Nile.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, designate, gift · **To what, where:** principal reason, ancient Egypt, Nile

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which ancient Egypt has been designated the gift of the Nile.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Nile	Nile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | present · perfect · passive |  | ancient Egypt |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme gift=Attribute |
| 3 | **gift** |  |  | the Nile |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The river prevented all invasions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e1:o1:1
# text = The river prevented all invasions
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	invasions	invasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | past | the river | all invasions |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer invasion=Theme |

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

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The annual inundation deposited fertile soil in an otherwise arid land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e1:o2:1
# text = The annual inundation deposited fertile soil in an otherwise arid land
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	inundation	inundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fertile	fertile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	arid	arid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deposit** | past | the annual inundation | fertile soil |  | a arid land |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent soil=Theme in land=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The river conveyed gold from the mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e1:o3:1
# text = The river conveyed gold from the mountains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | past | the river | gold |  | the mountains |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The river constituted a gift from Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e1:o4:1
# text = The river constituted a gift from Rome
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	constituted	constitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | participle | the river *not said here* | a gift |  | Rome |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gift=Pivot |

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