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title: Cleopatra made friends with Roman leaders. What was she trying to do? — Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs · tree and pragmatics
description: Cleopatra made friends with Roman leaders. What was she trying to do? Test 10 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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# Test 10 · Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs

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Cleopatra made friends with Roman leaders. What was she trying to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cleopatra · **What happens:** make, try, do · **To what, where:** friends

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This is test 10 of lesson 5 «Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs» 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/5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cleopatra made friends with Roman leaders.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:t10:1
# text = Cleopatra made friends with Roman leaders.
1	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Cleopatra | friends |  |  |  | with Roman leaders | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |

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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 was she trying to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:t10:2
# text = What was she trying to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | Cleopatra |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cleopatra *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Keep Egypt free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:t10:o1:1
# text = Keep Egypt free
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | Egypt |  |  |  | free *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Start the Olympic Games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:t10:o2:1
# text = Start the Olympic Games
1	Start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Games	Game	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Olympic Games |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Move Egypt to Italy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:t10:o3:1
# text = Move Egypt to Italy
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | Egypt | Italy |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme to italy=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Become a Roman senator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs:t10:o4:1
# text = Become a Roman senator
1	Become	become	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	senator	senator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | imperative | you *not said here* | a Roman senator |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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