--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the labour force employed in the construction of the pyramids of Giza? Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the labour force employed in the construction of the pyramids of Giza? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, employ, construct · **To what, where:** labour force, construction, pyramids This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» 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/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the labour force employed in the construction of the pyramids of Giza? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 construction construction NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pyramids pyramid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Giza Giza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | the labour force | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **employ** | participle | | the labour force *not said here* | | the construction of the pyramids of Giza | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **construct** | | | the pyramids of Giza | | | | | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} Beings of extraterrestrial origin ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e1:o1:1 # text = Beings of extraterrestrial origin 1 Beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 extraterrestrial extraterrestrial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | | extraterrestrial origin | | | | | | nom being «state intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Enslaved captives from Rome ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e1:o2:1 # text = Enslaved captives from Rome 1 Enslaved enslave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enslave** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Remunerated workers and rotating agricultural labourers ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e1:o3:1 # text = Remunerated workers and rotating agricultural labourers 1 Remunerated remunerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 rotating rotate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 5 agricultural agricultural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 labourers labourer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remunerate** | participle | | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rotate** | gerund | | agricultural labourers | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location labourer=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Prisoners condemned for life ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e1:o4:1 # text = Prisoners condemned for life 1 Prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 condemned condemn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **condemn** | past | Prisoners | | | | | for life | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for life=Attribute | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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