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description: Identify the artefact, discovered in 1799, whereby the decipherment of hieroglyphs was rendered possible. Exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 2 · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs

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Identify the artefact, discovered in 1799, whereby the decipherment of hieroglyphs was rendered possible.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, discover, render, decipher · **To what, where:** artefact, 1799, decipherment, hieroglyphs

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e2:1
# text = Identify the artefact, discovered in 1799, whereby the decipherment of hieroglyphs was rendered possible.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	artefact	artefact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1799	1799	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	decipherment	decipherment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hieroglyphs	hieroglyph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
16	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	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 artefact |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent artefact=Theme |
| 2 | **discover** | participle |  | the artefact *not said here* |  | 1799 |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **render** | past · passive |  | the decipherment of hieroglyphs |  |  |  | possible, whereby *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **decipher** |  |  | hieroglyphs |  |  |  |  | nom decipherment «act 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 Diamond Sutra of China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e2:o1:1
# text = The Diamond Sutra of China
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Diamond	Diamond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Sutra	Sutra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Code of Hammurabi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e2:o2:1
# text = The Code of Hammurabi
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Hammurabi	Hammurabi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **code** |  |  | Hammurabi |  |  |  |  | nom code «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Rosetta Stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e2:o3:1
# text = The Rosetta Stone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Rosetta	Rosetta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Stone	Stone	PROPN	NNP	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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The Terracotta Army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e2:o4:1
# text = The Terracotta Army
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Terracotta	Terracotta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Army	Army	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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