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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Hatshepsut? Exam question 3 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 choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Hatshepsut?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Hatshepsut

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Hatshepsut?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Hatshepsut	Hatshepsut	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | Hatshepsut |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A woman who exercised the office of pharaoh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e3:o1:1
# text = A woman who exercised the office of pharaoh
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	exercised	exercise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exercise** | past | a woman | the office of pharaoh |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The final ruler of Egypt prior to Roman rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e3:o2:1
# text = The final ruler of Egypt prior to Roman rule
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The builder of the Great Pyramid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e3:o3:1
# text = The builder of the Great Pyramid
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	builder	builder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Pyramid	Pyramid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A deity represented with the head of a jackal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:e3:o4:1
# text = A deity represented with the head of a jackal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deity	deity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	represented	represent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **represent** | participle |  | a deity *not said here* |  |  |  | with the head of a jackal | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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